As the world entered the 1990s, the theme of political change through peaceful and violent revolution, especially in regard to Eastern Europe, dominated politics, at least in the industrialised world. These changes showed how political institutions can indeed be frail: what seemed immutable one day was swept aside the next. In general terms, this requires us to reflect upon the stability and predictable permanence of many of the institutions presently established to oversee radioactive waste management, perhaps across many generations into the future. In particular, it highlights perhaps the most important change in political arrangements since the authors agreed upon the final draft of this book in early November 1989, that of the inexorable developments towards a unified Germany.
Keywords
- Radioactive Waste
- Nuclear Waste
- Spend Fuel
- Rail Transport
- Radioactive Waste Management
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