Reflections on Siting Approaches for Radioactive Waste Facilities: Synthesising Principles Based on International Learning
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Quality of Decision-making Processes: Decision-making processes in Radioactive Waste Governance - Insights and Recommendations WP3
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Quality of Decision-making Processes: Decision-making processes in Radioactive Waste Governance - Insights and Recommendations WP3
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COWAM
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Work Package 3 (WP 3) set out to provide practical recommendations for the design and implementation of a “robust” decision-making process (DMP) in radioactive waste governance/governance of radioactive waste management (RWG).
Structuring local communities and development of local democracy for engagement in Radioactive Waste Management governance
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Structuring local communities and development of local democracy for engagement in Radioactive Waste Management governance
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Claire Mays
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Nuclear waste management from a local perspective: Reflections for a Better Governance Final Report
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Nuclear waste management from a local perspective: Reflections for a Better Governance Final Report
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COWAM
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During the 1990s, nuclear waste programmes in nearly every concerned country met many difficulties. Nuclear waste management was seen as a technical issue, and the local communities were only involved in the last stage of the decision-making process when almost all components of the decision were already fixed. The management of high level radioactive waste is now recognised as a complex decision-making process entailing technical, ethical, social, political and economic dimensions where no solution can be reached solely on the basis of technical considerations.
