well as from the use of radioactive isotopes in medicine, industry and agriculture. This report sets out the costs of … operating disposal sites for LLW in OECD countries, as well as the factors that may affect the costs of sites being developed …

Regulatory differences across jurisdictions can be costly for traders. While these costs may reflect variations in … consideration for the international environment. Thus, some of the trade costs of regulatory divergence may be avoided without … countries in regulatory policy and trade, this report proposes a definition of trade costs of regulatory divergence and analyses …

-resource management, natural disasters and environment-related hazards. The costs of not responding to them can be considerable, in some … cases representing a significant drag on OECD economies. Estimation of these costs can be an important part of identifying … the costs of inaction are deemed important, identifying the areas where environmental policies need to be strengthened …