Public and political issues in radioactive waste management in the Federal Republic of Germany
- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn (Germany)
The Federal Government`s radioactive waste management concept and regulations governing formal public participation in licensing procedures for radioactive waste management facilities are presented. The paper focuses on public and political issues arising from widely diverging views in different social groups on nuclear energy and on radioactive waste management. The resulting conflict between Federal and Laender (Federal constituent states) authorities and the actual course of public participation in a licensing procedure are illustrated with the example of planned final disposal of radioactive waste in the Konrad mine. Major national efforts to overcome the unsatisfying present situation are presented and the role of international consensus is briefly touched. Concluding remarks will particularly justify admissibility and emphasize the need to discuss and eventually decide on radioactive waste management issues regardless of diverging views on nuclear energy.
- OSTI ID:
- 106333
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930906-; ISBN 0-7918-0691-X; TRN: 95:020812
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: `93 international conference on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation, Prague (Czech Republic), 5-11 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 1993 international conference on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation. Volume 2: High level radioactive waste and spent fuel management; Ahlstroem, P.E.; Chapman, C.C.; Kohout, R.; Marek, J. [eds.]; PB: 853 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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