Exploring the bearing of subjective preferences on site selection processes
Martin Navarro
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE),
Wegelystr. 8, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Stephan Hotzel
Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE),
Wegelystr. 8, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Ute Maurer-Rurack
Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE),
Wegelystr. 8, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Gerd Frieling
Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE),
Wegelystr. 8, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Torben Weyand
Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE),
Wegelystr. 8, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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