Nuclear Waste Management in Canada

Critical Issues, Critical Perspectives

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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As oil reserves decline and the environment becomes more prominentin public policy discussions, the merits and dangers of nuclear powerand nuclear waste management continue to be debated. Canada is intenton building more reactors to increase energy production without harmingthe planet, but it and other nuclear energy-producing countries facenot only technical problems but also social and ethical issues.Nuclear Waste Management in Canada provides a criticalcounterpoint to the favourable position taken by government andindustry. The contributors build their case by exploring the followingkey issues and developments: What do frequently used terms such assafety, risk, and acceptability really mean? How and why did the publicconsultation process in Canada fail to address ethical and socialissues? What is the significance and potential of a public consultationprocess that involves diverse interests, epistemologies, and actors,including Aboriginal peoples? And how do we ensure that the frameworksfor discussion are inclusive and ethical?This collection is a timely antidote to the uncertainty, ambiguity,and ignorance that surrounds discussions about nuclear energy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-10-23
Mått159 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt420 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagUniversity of British Columbia Press
ISBN9780774817080

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Abbreviations1 Critical Perspectives on the Nuclear Story / Darrin Durant andGenevieve Fuji Johnson2 The Trouble with Nuclear / Darrin Durant3 An Official Narrative: Telling the History of Canada'sNuclear Waste Management Policy Making / Darrin Durant andAnna Stanley4 The Long Haul: Ethics in the Canadian Nuclear Waste Debate /Peter Timmerman5 Public Consultation as Performative Contradiction: LimitingDiscussion in Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Debate /Darrin Durant6 The Darker Side of Deliberative Democracy: The Canadian NuclearWaste Management Organization's National Consultation Process /Genevieve Fuji Johnson7 Representing the Knowledges of Aboriginal Peoples – The"Management" of Diversity in Canada's Nuclear FuelWaste / Anna Stanley8 Canadian Communities and the Management of Nuclear Fuel Waste /Brenda L. Murphy9 Situating Canada's Approaches to Siting a Nuclear Fuel WasteManagement Facility / Brenda L. Murphy and Richard KuhnReferences; Contributors; Index