Dealing With Interests, Values And Knowledge In Managing Risk (Radioactive Waste Management)

Preliminaries......Page 1
Foreword......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 5
Summary......Page 7
International Perspective......Page 27
General Introduction to the Belgian Context......Page 31
Context of the Long term Management of Low level Short lived Waste......Page 33
Engaging Local Partners to Escape a Decision-making Deadlock in N Waste Management The Local Partnership Methodology......Page 39
Opening of the Workshop......Page 45
Ceremonial Opening......Page 47
Welcome to Participants in the 2003 Forum on Stakeholder Confidence Belgium Workshop......Page 49
Opening Remarks from the Hosts of the 2002 FSC Canada Workshop......Page 51
Feedback on the FSC Community Visits to the Local Partnerships in Belgium......Page 53
Session 1 Dealing with Interests and Values in Managing Risk......Page 61
Handling Conflicting Interests and Values: How is the Local Partnership Methodology Helping to Achieve it......Page 63
Legality, Legitimacy and Formal and Informal Decision-making Processes:......Page 71
Fair Processes and Fair Outcomes: Involving Local Stakeholders in RWM Decisions......Page 81
What Does the Local Partnership See as Fair and Legitimate......Page 85
Science at the Interface......Page 95
The Experience of a Local Partnership with Experts......Page 99
The Impact of the Local Partnership Methodology on the Organisational Culture of the Radioactive Waste Management Agency......Page 103
The Role of the Safety Authority......Page 107
How Plural Interests, Values and Knowledge Could be Translated into a Concrete Radwaste Disposal Project Design An Artist’s Vision......Page 117
Valorisation of a Repository in an Added Value Project......Page 127
Closing Session Thematic Reports and Final Remarks......Page 137
Public Participation and Regional Development at a Nuclear Waste Disposal Site......Page 139
An Experiment in Democracy: Observing the Belgian Local Partnerships for the Management of Low level Radioactive Waste......Page 147
Closing Remarks Jean Paul Minon......Page 161
Yves Le Bars......Page 163
Annex List of Participants......Page 165