Effective and democratic long-term radioactive waste governance: Lessons from Europe
Radioactive waste management (RWM) presents a complex long-term governance challenge due to its decades-to-centuries-long timeframes and associated uncertainties. In response to societal resistance to top-down governance approaches, most European countries have adopted new strategies to make RWM go...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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oekom verlag GmbH
2025-06-01
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| Series: | TATuP – Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/7202 |
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| Summary: | Radioactive waste management (RWM) presents a complex long-term governance challenge due to its decades-to-centuries-long timeframes and associated uncertainties. In response to societal resistance to top-down governance approaches, most European countries have adopted new strategies to make RWM governance more democratic and effective. This article explores how four interlinked key areas of long-term governance – decision-making, public participation, knowledge, and financing – are shaped by various European countries through interconnected procedures, principles, and institutions. It identifies nine lessons for democratic and effective long-term RWM governance, concluding that a stepwise, participatory approach is a promising strategy to deal with the uncertainties and democratic deficits inherent in long-term issues. However, realizing this potential requires a continuous search for adequate procedures, principles, and institutions.
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| ISSN: | 2568-020X 2567-8833 |