Conflicts, Participation and Acceptability in Nuclear Waste Governance

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Making Nuclear Waste Problems Governable

      • Maria Rosaria Di Nucci, Achim Brunnengräber

      Pages 3-19

   3. Why Technical Solutions are Insufficient

      • M. V. Ramana

      Pages 21-38

3. Historical Paths and Legacies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. The Future is Still Unwritten – History Too

      • Daniel Häfner

      Pages 41-54

   3. The Legacy of Nuclear Power and What Should Be Done About It

      • Andrew Blowers

      Pages 55-68

   4. The Elephant in the Room

      • Anselm Tiggemann

      Pages 69-87

4. Participation, Stakeholder Dialogue and Mediation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Chances, Challenges and Choices of Participation in Siting a Nuclear Waste Repository

      • Jan-Hendrik Kamlage, Jan Warode, Anna Mengede

      Pages 91-110

   3. Consensus-Oriented Dialogue

      • Silke Freitag

      Pages 111-120

   4. Effective Dialogue and Broad Societal Support

      • Meritxell Martell

      Pages 121-144

5. Trust, Voluntarism and Compensation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. Voluntarism in Siting Nuclear Waste Disposal Facilities

      • Maria Rosaria Di Nucci

      Pages 147-174

   3. The Role and Functions of Community Benefit Schemes

      • Markku Lehtonen, Matti Kojo

      Pages 175-205

   4. The Use of the Added Value Approach in Siting Radioactive Waste Facilities

      • Matti Kojo, Phil Richardson

      Pages 207-228

6. Between Science and Society: The Role of Experts and Commissions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229

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   2. Experts and Politics in the German Nuclear Waste Governance

      • Ana María Isidoro Losada, Dörte Themann, Maria Rosaria Di Nucci

      Pages 231-259

   3. A “Deliberative Turn” in German Nuclear Waste Governance?

      • Julia Olliges

      Pages 261-292

   4. Bringing Transparency and Voice into the Search for a Deep Geological Repository

      • Miranda A. Schreurs, Jorina Suckow

      Pages 293-310

This book is the last part of a trilogy and concludes a long-term project that focussed on nuclear waste governance in 24 countries. It deals with core themes of the disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW), e.g. the wicked problems of housing nuclear waste disposal facilities, public participation and public discourse, voluntarism and compensation in siting as well as the role of advisory bodies and commissions. The volume reflects on the diverse factors that shape the debate on what can be considered an ”acceptable solution” and on various strategies adopted in order to minimise conflicts and possibly increase acceptability. The various theoretical and empirical contributions shed light on several mechanisms and issues touched upon in these strategies, such as the role of trust, voluntarism, economic interests at stake, compensation, ethics, governance, and participation. 

• Radioactive Waste Management
• High Level Radioactive Waste
• Nuclear Waste Governance
• Disposal
• Storage
• Participation
• Housing Nuclear Waste
• Siting
• Socio-Technical Challenges in Nuclear Waste Governance
• Disposal of Radioactive Waste Management
• Disposal Facilities

• Forschungszentrum für Umweltpolitik (FFU), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  Achim Brunnengräber, Maria Rosaria Di Nucci

Achim Brunnengräber and Maria Rosaria Di Nucci are members of the project “Methods and measures to deal with socio-technical challenges in storage and disposal of radioactive waste management – SOTEC-Radio” and researchers at the Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Universität Berlin.

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