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SUMMARY:Should the future be discounted? Lessons from Hanford and the atom
  bomb creation - Kelsey Edwardsen\, Pembroke College\, Cambridge
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CONTACT:Miss Clare Buckley
DESCRIPTION:Discounting the future is an economic tool to reflect the pres
 ent day value\nof a projected benefit or harm to society\, and is often us
 ed when\nconsidering investments for future environmental benefits or dama
 ge. Using\nthe Hanford nuclear cleanup effort (which will be the world's l
 argest\nradioactive waste treatment plant upon completion in 2020) as an e
 xample\,\nKelsey will discuss how history has proven the need for new econ
 omic\nmodels.\n
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Pembroke College
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