Transparency and Public Participation for Radioactive Waste Management in Europe [Hardcover]

This book investigates how the pillars of the Aarhus Convention and a broader understanding of transparency by Civil Society (CS) can be transposed into Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), particularly in the establishment of Radioactive Waste (RW) facilities in different national contexts.

Nadja }eleznik, physicist, earned a masters degree in physics and in reactor physics (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics) and a Ph.D. in psychology (Faculty of Arts), all from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Dr. }eleznik is a specialist in nuclear technology and radioactive waste management and for risk perception, communication, education and training in environmental projects. Her deliverables included strategies and programs for nuclear area, development of new legislation, cost assessment and investment programs for different projects, feasibility studies for environmental projects, remediation plans and their implementations, safety assessment and reports for nuclear facilities, radiological investigations and dose assessments, QA/QC plans and procedures, communication strategies and plans, assessments of public acceptability and related surveys, education and training in the communication and stakeholder involvement, development of information materials and tools and related research. She has been involved in more than 30 international projects and is an author of more than 200 papers and several chapters in books.

Jan Haverkamp is a senior nuclear energy and energy policy expert with the World Information Service on Energy (WISE) and Greenpeace Netherlands, and he is co-founder and board member of Nuclear Transparency Watch. He has a bachelors degree in biochemistry from the State University in Leiden, the Netherlands, and a bachelors and masters degree (academic engineer  Ir.) in environmental sciences from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. Mr. Haverkamps work as developel³%