InSOTEC will identify some of the key remaining socio-political challenges with regard to high level radioactive waste management, focussing notably on the proposed option of geological disposal. More specifically, the project will thoroughly investigate the relationship between these social challenges and the technological challenges.
Objectives
The main objectives of this project are to:
- Identify and clarify socio-technical challenges related to geological disposal, within their national contexts and within the international perspective.
- Develop further analytical insights into these
challenges by means of a number of case studies, analysis of which would focus
on selected topics related to the interplay between technical and socio-political
challenges.
- Advance and facilitate mutual learning, and advise and
assist scientists and technological experts to develop the tools and the
ability to communicate in a two way process about their work and to engage with
stakeholders on technical and safety issues.
- Advise the IGD-TP on how strengthen its position and
message to the world of decisionmakers, through the integration of a social
component within the scope of its work by: - Exploring
with the IGD-TP different ways of supporting
and making operational the platform’s
Exchange Forum and fulfil its ambition to
link a broader range
of stakeholders (of which some
non-institutional) on a structured basis to
the
platform;
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Making concrete suggestions to the IGD-TP on
how
to set priorities for a multidisciplinary
research agenda
that incorporates
the
social sciences and which will address
socio-technical challenges in a
coherent and integrated
way.
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