Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal
Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal
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Articles | Volume 2
Articles | Volume 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-2-269-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-2-269-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 2
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06 Sep 2023
Conference Abstract |  | 06 Sep 2023

(De)politicization through safetization? Decision-making on nuclear waste management in Finland and France

Matti Kojo, Markku Lehtonen, Mika Kari, and Tapio Litmanen

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While both Finland and France are seen as forerunners in final disposal of nuclear waste, there are striking differences between the countries in public and policy discussion on the safety of the project. This paper studies safety-related arguments in national-level decision-making on final disposal of nuclear waste in Finland and France, using selected parliamentary documents as the empirical material. The paper adopts safetization in decision-making as its central concept.
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