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This is volume two of a comparative analysis of nuclear waste
governance and public participation in decision-making regarding
the storage and siting of high-level radioactive waste and spent
fuel in different countries. The contributors examine both the
historical and current approaches countries have taken to address
the wicked challenge of nuclear waste governance. The analyses
discuss the regulations, technology choices, safety criteria, costs
and financing issues, compensation schemes, institutional
structures, and approaches to public participation found in each
country.
This volume examines the national plans that ten Euratom countries
plus Switzerland and the United States are developing to address
high-level radioactive waste storage and disposal. The chapters,
which were written by 23 international experts, outline European
and national regulations, technology choices, safety criteria,
monitoring systems, compensation schemes, institutional structures,
and approaches to public involvement. Key stakeholders, their
values and interests are introduced, the responsibilities and
authority of different actors considered, decision-making processes
are analyzed as well as the factors influencing different national
policy choices. The views and expectations of different communities
regarding participatory decision making and compensation and the
steps that have been or are being taken to promote dialogue and
constructive problem-solving are also considered.
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.
Der Begriff der Energiewende wird bei seinem Lauf um die Welt nicht
ubersetzt. Er weist auf die Dringlichkeit der Umstellung der
Energieversorgung bei Strom, Warme und Mobilitat durch erneuerbare
Energien hin. Schneller als von vielen erwartet hat die
Energiewende vor allem im Strombereich ein Ausbautempo erreicht,
mit dem viele nicht gerechnet hatten. Sie ist allerdings keine
freiwillige Massnahme, sondern wird durch die Krisenhaftigkeit von
nicht nachhaltigen Produktions- und Lebensweisen erzwungen. Sie ist
auch kein Selbstlaufer. Die vielfaltigen neuen Initiativen,
Massnahmen und Programme befinden sich im Wettbewerb mit einem
alten, fossilen und nuklearen Energiesystem. Von den Hurden, die in
diesem Wettlauf bereits genommen wurden, vom Tempo des Ausbaus, von
Innovationen sowie von den notwendigen Reformen und vielfaltigen
Herausforderungen der Energiewende handelt dieses Buch.
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