Reflecting on the Implementing Geological Disposal Technology Platform as a knowledge network and potential scenarios for stakeholder involvement

This report was prepared in the context of Work Package 3 of the InSOTEC project. The overall objective of this work package (WP) is to take a closer look at arenas where socio-technical combinations on radioactive waste management (RWM) are formed. The attempt is to illustrate the interconnections between the sources of different types of information and knowledge development with the various stakeholders having access to that information. This will enable us to better understand the ways in which the field of communication is structured, and therefore the lessons that can be learned from already established information exchange practices in the field of geological disposal. For this reason, networks or spaces where heterogeneous actors interact with each other and create knowledge within this process will be explored. A particular case study is the Implementing Geological Disposal Technology Platform (IGD-TP), which is the focus of this report. At this stage, organisational issues are mapped out, whilst at a later stage, this report will be reviewed and complemented to assess how such networks contribute to constitute socio-technical knowledge.