Sustainable development and radioactive waste management: Challenges for the future

Erik Laes, Gaston Meskens

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Abstract

Sustainability has over the last decade gained great weight in decision-making. Society is struggling with the question of how to introduce value-laden sustainable development principles into practice. Recently a framework for sustainability assessment has been put forward. Application of this framework to the Belgian proposal for high-level radioactive waste management allows us to get an overview of forces and problems that obstruct the development of the programme and to formulate clear recommendations. Pluralism, flexibility and social learning emerge as key concepts for a sustainable management of high-level waste, pointing at the importance of retrievability for future concepts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages23-29
Number of pages7
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2001
Externally publishedYes
Event8th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation - Bruges, Belgium
Duration: 30 Sept 20014 Oct 2001

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBruges
Period30/09/014/10/01

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