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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299615903321

Titolo

Nuclear Waste Governance : An International Comparison / / edited by Achim Brunnengräber, Maria Rosaria Di Nucci, Ana Maria Isidoro Losada, Lutz Mez, Miranda A. Schreurs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2015

ISBN

3-658-08962-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection, , 2626-2827

Disciplina

333.79

338.926

Soggetti

Energy policy

Energy and state

Comparative politics

Nuclear energy

Energy Policy, Economics and Management

Comparative Politics

Nuclear Energy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The International Dimension -- Countries with Geological Disposal after Reprocessing Nuclear Fuel -- Countries with Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel -- Countries with Long-Term Surface Storage for High Level Radioactive Waste.

Sommario/riassunto

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. Contents The International Dimension Countries with Geological Disposal after Reprocessing Nuclear Fuel Countries with Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel Countries with Long-Term Surface Storage for High Level Radioactive Waste Target Groups Energy (policy) experts; nuclear energy experts and practitioners, political and social scientists, economists, engineers; decision makers and consultants, civil society organizations The Editors Achim Brunnengräber, Maria Rosaria Di Nucci, Ana María Isidoro Losada, Lutz Mez and Miranda Schreurs; Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Universität Berlin and members of the project “Multi-level Governance Perspective on Nuclear Waste Disposal” within the research platform ENTRIA.