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View article: Thinking in alternatives and reflecting possible futures in German nuclear waste management: insights from technology assessment
Thinking in alternatives and reflecting possible futures in German nuclear waste management: insights from technology assessment Open
The disposal of highly radioactive waste in Germany is a task that extends beyond the near future and is a task on which high demands are placed. In addition to the central paradigm of “safety first”, the quality characteristics of being s…
View article: Who Decides What is Safe? Experiences from Radioactive Waste Governance in Switzerland
Who Decides What is Safe? Experiences from Radioactive Waste Governance in Switzerland Open
In Switzerland, the selection procedure for a nuclear waste repository site is characterized by deliberation and debate between different governmental levels, and lay persons and experts. The Swiss democratic model has been adapted in orde…
View article: Transdisciplinary research on repository safety: challenges and opportunities
Transdisciplinary research on repository safety: challenges and opportunities Open
Since 2019, transdisciplinary research on the scientifically challenging and often controversially debated topic of nuclear waste management on a larger scale has been carried out for the first time in Germany within the co-operative proje…
View article: Narratives and images of the future for final disposal
Narratives and images of the future for final disposal Open
The search for a final repository in Germany lies in the field of tension between a past characterized by conflicts and a future-oriented process shaped by the repository site selection procedure. An examination of the history of social co…
View article: Application-oriented transdisciplinary basic research on nuclear waste management: hollow phrase or sensible concept?
Application-oriented transdisciplinary basic research on nuclear waste management: hollow phrase or sensible concept? Open
In relation to the discourse and controversy surrounding the problem of nuclear waste disposal, an increasing interest in the form and design of research on the subject can be observed among stakeholders and the interested public, as is ev…