Stakeholder Confidence in Radioactive Waste Management: An Annotated Glossary of Key Terms

Foreword
Table of contents
Introduction
1. Confidence and trust
	Factors for confidence between stakeholders and in decisions
	Attributes of confidence and trust
	Evolution of understanding
	The symbolic dimension of confidence and trust
	Where we stand
2. Dialogue
	Different tools and mechanisms for promoting stakeholder dialogue
	Evolution of understanding
	Fairness and competence
	The symbolic dimension of dialogue
	Where we stand
3. Local community
	Evolution of understanding
	The symbolic dimension of local community
	Where we stand
4. Local partnership
	Main components of the partnership approach
	Advantages
	Challenges
	Evolution of understanding in the last decade
	Ladder of citizen participation
	The symbolic dimension of local partnerships
	Where we stand
5. Ownership of a societal project vs. acceptance
	Evolution of the understanding
	Three overarching principles of decision making
	The symbolic dimension of ownership
	Where we stand
6. Retrievability of waste
	Evolution of understanding in the last decade
	Retrievability scale
	The symbolic dimension of retrievability
	Where we stand
7. Reversibility of decisions
	Evolution of the understanding
	Reversibility and the stepwise approach
	The symbolic dimension of reversibility
	Where we stand
8. Safety and stakeholder confidence
	Evolution of the understanding
	From a technical concept to a social construct
	The safety case
	The symbolic dimension of safety
	Where we stand
9. Siting
	Evolution of understanding
	The symbolic dimension of siting
	Where we stand
10. Stakeholder
	Evolution of the understanding
	Stakeholder definition in legislation
	Should the regulator be regarded as a stakeholder?
	Stakeholder involvement
	The symbolic dimension of stakeholder involvement
	Where we stand
11. Stepwise approach to decision making
	Evolution of the understanding
	Features of a stepwise approach
	Advantages of a stepwise approach
	Challenges of a stepwise approach
	The symbolic dimension of stepwise decision making
	Where we stand
12. Transparency
	Evolution of the understanding
	Transparency as a feature of sustainable decision making
	Recent interpretations of transparency
	The symbolic dimension of transparency
	Where we stand
References