Local Communities' Expectations and Demands on Monitoring and the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory of a Deep Geological Repository

NEA/RWM/R(2013)4/PROV

This provisional study report explores the role, needs and expectations of local communities regarding monitoring and RK&M preservation of radioactive waste management (RWM) facilities, in particular deep geological repositories. As a contribution to the RK&M project of the NEA and as part of its own programme of work, the FSC performed two short surveys (11 countries) and conducted interviews with a variety of stakeholders (seven countries) in 2012-13. This report will interest those responsible for the safety of future repositories, local communities who may consider hosting them, and scholars and historians of the governance of radioactive waste management.

This provisional study report explores the role, needs and expectations of local communities regarding monitoring and RK&M preservation of radioactive waste management (RWM) facilities, in particular deep geological repositories. As a contribution to the RK&M project of the NEA and as part of its own programme of work, the FSC performed two short surveys (11 countries) and conducted interviews with a variety of stakeholders (seven countries) in 2012-13. This report will interest those responsible for the safety of future repositories, local communities who may consider hosting them, and scholars and historians of the governance of radioactive waste management.