COWAM: Comparison of decision making processes at the local and regional community level in nuclear waste facility siting

• Unité de recherche: PCRD EU
• Numéro de projet: 00.0484
• Titre du projet anglais: COWAM: Comparison of decision making processes at the local and regional community level in nuclear waste facility siting

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Radioactive waste; waste management; decision making; trust; social aspects; democracy;
Nuclear Fission; Radioactive Waste; Safety; Social Aspects

Autre Numéro de projet (Anglais)

EU project number: FIKW-2000-20072

Programme de recherche (Anglais)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 5.5.2 Nuclear fission

Description succincte (Anglais)

See abstract

Partenaires et organisations internationales (Anglais)

Coordinator: Mutadis Consultants SARL, Paris (F)

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

COWAM Concerted Action will establish a common understanding of what is at stake in waste facility sitting decision-making processes at the local and regional community level, taking into account that the sitting of a waste facility implies choices that are not only determined by scientific or technical options but by genuine political considerations of the relevant communities. COWAM will set up and involve a network of some 100 representatives of the various categories of stakeholders concerned with the issue (local & regional communities, public authorities, waste management operators & industry, NGOs, other representatives of the public) in a pluralistic and interdisciplinary comparative assessment of these processes through European case studies of actual experiences. After three years, COWAM will provide concrete findings and recommendations about possible ways to reach decisions through improved decision-making processes.

Références bases de données (Anglais)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0484