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The Future of Radioactive Waste Governance

Lessons from Europe

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  • Examines the radioactive waste management policies of ten European countries
  • Final storage solutions
  • The future democratic decision-making process around radioactive waste management

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction: The Governance Challenge of Radioactive Waste Management

    • Rinie van Est, Maarten Arentsen, Romy Dekker
    Pages 1-24Open Access
  3. Long-Term Radioactive Waste Management in the Netherlands: Seeking Guidance for Decision-Making

    • Romy Dekker, Vincent Lagendijk, Roos Walstock, Rinie van Est
    Pages 25-49Open Access
  4. Nuclear Waste Governance in Italy: Between Participation Rhetoric and Regionalism

    • Maria Rosaria Di Nucci, Andrea Prontera
    Pages 51-83Open Access
  5. The Long Road Towards the Soft Nuclear Repository State: Nuclear Waste Governance in Germany

    • Maria Rosaria Di Nucci, Achim Brunnengräber
    Pages 113-140Open Access
  6. The Melancholic Lock: High-Level Radioactive Waste Governance in Spain

    • Josep Espluga-Trenc, Ana Prades
    Pages 141-168Open Access
  7. Who Decides What is Safe? Experiences from Radioactive Waste Governance in Switzerland

    • Sophie Kuppler, Anne Eckhardt, Peter Hocke
    Pages 169-198Open Access
  8. UK Nuclear Waste Policy: 50 Wasted Years

    • Stephen Thomas
    Pages 199-229Open Access
  9. The Finnish Solution to Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel

    • Jarmo Vehmas, Aleksis Rentto, Jyrki Luukkanen, Burkhard Auffermann, Jari Kaivo-oja
    Pages 287-317Open Access
  10. European Lessons for the Governance of Long-Term Radioactive Waste Management

    • Rinie van Est, Maarten Arentsen
    Pages 319-345Open Access

About this book

This Open Access book examines the radioactive waste management policies of ten European countries: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Most countries are in the process of planning and creating final storage solutions, while none has yet finalized this process. Over the past decades many countries have been renewing their decision-making processes and the institutions that support them. The book provides 16 lessons that may advance the future democratic decision-making process around radioactive waste management.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Terborg, The Netherlands

    Maarten Arentsen

  • Rathenau Instituut, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Rinie van Est

About the editors

Maarten J Arentsen is associate professor emeritus of Energy Innovation at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
Rinie van Est is research coordinator at the Rathenau Instituut and professor of Technology Assessment and Governance at Eindhoven University of Technology (School of Innovation Sciences).

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Softcover Book USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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