WP 2 Appendix 3 Local independent expertise as a mechanism of influence on national policy processes: the independent assessment of ANDRA’s research programme led by the IEER on request of the CLIS of Bure.

The case study presented in this document was carried out in the framework of the second work package (influence of local actors on national decision-making processes) of the European research project COWAM 2. The study aims at analysing the process of independent assessment of the research programme of the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (ANDRA), commissioned to the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) by the Local Committee of Information and Monitoring (CLIS) associated to the underground research laboratory of Bure. It also aims at analysing the impact of this expertise on the elaboration of the French policy for radioactive waste management. This case study was carried out using a methodology which combined, on the one hand, a desk study and, on the other hand, a participative methodology involving a working group.