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Nuclear waste is not only a by-product of industrial and experimental operations — a by-product that science and technology take care of in a way that has never been even attempted for other human activities. Nuclear wastes, in particular those requiring a geological repository, are also materials the disposal of which often requires the application of a new concept of democracy.
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Risoluti, P. (2004). Nuclear Waste and Democracy. In: Nuclear Waste. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09012-1_5
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