Title: Stakeholder participation in radiological decision making : processes and implications third Villigen Workshop Villigen, Switzerland 21-23 October 2003.
Authors: OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.
Publisher: Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Radiation Safety measures Congresses; Nuclear industry Government policy Citizen participation Congresses.; Radiation Safety measures Decision making Congresses.; Decision making Citizen participation.; Nuclear industry Decision making Congresses.; Nuclear fuels Safety measures Congresses.
Abstract: Since 1998, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency has been organising a series of workshops to address the various aspects of stakeholder involvement in radiological protection decision making. These workshops have been instrumental in forging consensus and improving understanding of key issues in this area. Building on the experience of the first two "Villigen workshops", the third in the series extensively analysed three case studies, which covered the licensing of a new facility, the clean-up and release of an old facility, and the rehabilitation of a large, contaminated area. Consideration was given to the stakeholder involvement processes that had been used, and the implications that that these did or could have on radiological protection policy, regulation and application. The workshop papers analysing these processes and implications are presented in these proceedings, which should provide valuable examples and lessons for governments, regulators and practitioners.
Contents: Welcome Address from the NEA by Kazuo Shimomura -- Stakeholder Participation in Decision Making Involving Radiation: Exploring Processes and Implications by Serge Pretre -- Environmental Decision Making: What Does Public Participation Add? by Thomas C. Beierle and Jerry Cayford -- Stakeholder Involvement in the Canadian Review process for Uranium Production Projects in Northern Saskatchewan by Douglas Underhill -- The Ethos Project for Post-Accident Rehabi8litation in the Area of Belarus Contaminated by the Chernobyl Disaster by John Patterson -- Stakeholder Involvement - A Japanese Perspective by Sadayoshi Kobayashi -- Stakeholder Involvement in the Management of Effluent Discharges from Nuclear Installations in France by Andre Oudiz, thierry Schneider, Gilles Heriard-Dubreuil, Serge Gadbois and Annie Sugier -- The Rocky Flats Controversy on Radionuclide Soil Action Levels by Timothy C Earle -- Information on NEA Programmes on Nuclear Energy and Civil Society and their Coordination by Claire Mays and Hans Riotte -- EGPSI Case Studies: Implications of Stakeholder Involvement for Radiological Protection Policy by John Paterson -- The OECD Project on Emerging Systemic Risksby Rudolf A. Muller -- Towards Inclusive Governance of Hazardous Activities, Synthesis of the Conclusions of the 2001-2003 TRUSTNET Activities by Gilles Heriard-Dubreuil