Shared practice and converging views in nuclear waste management: long-term relations between implementer and regulator in Sweden

Wärnbäck, AntoienetteSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för stad och land,Department of Urban and Rural Development,Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden (författare)

The international relevance of learning from nuclear waste management in Sweden cannot be underestimated as the planning process for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel in Sweden has been underway for more than thirty years. During this time the same types of actors-private, public, and NGO representatives-and even the same individuals have interacted with each other throughout. Based on a review of the implementer's Research, Development and Demonstration programmes (RD&Ds) of methods for the management and disposal of nuclear waste and interviews with representatives of the implementer, regulator, and NGOs, this paper analyses the outcomes of these long-term interactions. It then discusses the potentially serious problems this creates in relation to knowledge production in the planning and environmental impact assessment process and problems now the regulator is set to review the final application. The tendency of the values and priorities of implementer and regulator to converge over time, due to sustained social interaction, is a new phenomenon, which could not only impede the safety of nuclear waste management, but also risks occurring in other countries embarking on similar long-term processes.

Soneryd, LindaGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap,Department of Sociology and Work Science,Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden(Swepub:oru)lasd (författare)
Hilding-Rydevik, TuijaSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Centrum för biologisk mångfald,Swedish Biodiversity Centre,Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden(Swepub:slu)50940 (författare)
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitetInstitutionen för stad och land (creator_code:org_t)
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

Ingår i:Environment and Planning A: SAGE Publications45:9, s. 2212-22260308-518X1472-3409
Ingår i:Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space: SAGE Publications45:9, s. 2212-22261472-3409

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