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Report for NDEP
Report for NDEP
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Report prepared for NDEP
Report prepared for NDEP
Report prepared for NDEP
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Report for NDEP
Report prepared for NDEP
The complex interplay of politics, economics and culture undermines attempts to define universal best practices for public engagement in the management of nuclear materials. In the international context, communicators must rely on careful adaptation and creative execution to make standard communication techniques succeed in their local communities. Nuclear professionals need an approach to assess and adapt culturally specific public engagement strategies to meet the demands of their particular political, economic and social structures. Using participant interviews and public sources, the Potomac Communications Group reviewed country-specific examples of nuclear-related communication efforts to provide insight into a proposed approach. The review considered a spectrum of cultural dimensions related to diversity, authority, conformity, proximity and time. Comparisons help to identify cross-cultural influences of various public engagement tactics and to inform a framework for communicators. While not prescriptive in its application, the framework offers a way for communicators to assess the salience of outreach tactics in specific situations. The approach can guide communicators to evaluate and tailor engagement strategies to achieve localized public outreach goals. (authors)
Pursuant to the Decision-in-Principle of 2001 the Finnish programme for geologic disposal of spent fuel has now moved to the phase of applying for construction licence to build up the encapsulation plant and underground repository. The main objective of former programme phase, underground characterisation phase, was to confirm - or refute - the suitability of the Olkiluoto site by investigations conducted underground at the actual depth of the repository. The construction work of the access tunnel to the rock characterisation facility (ONKALO) started in the late summer of 2004. The site research and investigations work aimed at the maturity needed for submission of the application for construction license of the actual repository in end of 2012. This requires, however, that also the technology has reached the maturity needed. The design and technical plans form the necessary platform for the development of the safety case for spent fuel disposal. A plan, 'road map', has been produced for the portfolio of reports that demonstrates the safety of disposal as required by the criteria set by the government and further detailed by the safety authority, STUK. (authors)
It is an accident of history that the current model of the fuel cycle is a separate set of facilities connected by transportation. The question is whether collocation and integration of reprocessing and fuel fabrication with the repository significantly reduce the costs of a closed fuel cycle while improving system performance in terms of safety and long-term repository performance. This paper examines the question in terms of higher-level functional requirements of reprocessing systems and geological repositories.
Report prepared for NDEP
Ecological evaluation is essential for remediation, restoration, and future land-use decisions for contaminated lands, and forms a basis for many management practices. Ecological evaluations or assessments can also be used to examine the efficacy of remediation and restoration methods, providing valuable data to plan and improve future restoration. Assessments can examine past activities, current conditions, and the effects of future remediation or restoration. In general, ecological evaluations have not been used to assess the effects of delaying remediation. Yet for complicated situations, such as at Hanford Site, where there are dozens of remediation sites still to be completed, understanding the effects of delaying remediation on ecological and eco-cultural resources adds measurably to making sound sequencing decisions. Ecological evaluations are inherently complex compared to human health risk assessment because there are hundreds of species, composing a great number of communities and ecosystems. Ecosystems are dynamic, undergoing changes in response to predictable environmental conditions (succession), as well as unforeseen events. Further, ecosystems respond to remediation and restoration actions, even when they are on adjacent areas. Conducting evaluations of the risk to ecological resources must account for the dynamic nature of ecosystems, and for the dynamic, changing landscape that results from remediation on nearby areas. The approach will provide information for sound decision-making with stakeholder participation. This project was partially funded by CRESP through the Department of Energy (DE-FC01-95EW55084). (authors)
Following a brief presentation of the legal and historical framework in France, the article will take a retrospective look at the debate, from its preparation and the running of the debate process to the French national commission for public debate's publication of the report and the conclusions of this debate. Finally, it will describe the experience of information and dialogue from Andra's point of view and will explain Andra's follow-up to the debate, giving a first glimpse of the implementation of this follow-up. (authors)