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Bringing Transparency and Voice into the Search for a Deep Geological Repository

Nuclear Waste Governance in Germany and the Role of the National Civil Society Board - Nationales Begleitgremium (NBG)

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Conflicts, Participation and Acceptability in Nuclear Waste Governance

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The search for a repository for high-level radioactive waste (HLW) has begun anew in Germany: The new Repository Site Selection Act stipulates a transparent restart based on scientific criteria in which the best suitable site is to be determined. A completely new actor in this process is the National Civil Society Board (Nationales Begleitgremium – NBG), a group of people who have the task of mediating and independently monitoring the process in the public interest. The NBG is still in its early stages of operation and it will mature with time. In a short two-year period of time, the NBG has covered many issues. This has required setting priorities and reevaluating past decisions.

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  1. Technical University of Munich, München, Germany

    Miranda A. Schreurs

  2. Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany

    Jorina Suckow

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  1. Forschungszentrum für Umweltpolitik (FFU), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Achim Brunnengräber

  2. Forschungszentrum für Umweltpolitik (FFU), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Maria Rosaria Di Nucci

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Schreurs, M.A., Suckow, J. (2019). Bringing Transparency and Voice into the Search for a Deep Geological Repository. In: Brunnengräber, A., Di Nucci, M. (eds) Conflicts, Participation and Acceptability in Nuclear Waste Governance. Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27107-7_14

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