Stepwise Approach to Decision Making for Long-term Radioactive Waste Management Experience, Issues and Guiding Principles
Stepwise Approach to Decision Making for Long-term Radioactive Waste Management Experience, Issues and Guiding Principles
The context of long-term radioactive waste management is being shaped
by changes in modern society. Values such as health, environmental protection
and safety are increasingly important, as are trends towards improved forms of
participatory democracy that demand new forms of risk governance in dealing
with hazardous activities. These changes in turn necessitate new forms of
dialogue and decision-making processes that include a large number of
stakeholders. The new dynamic of dialogue and decision-making process has