An ethical dimension to sustainable restoration and long-term management of contaminated areas

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 171-183

  Oughton, Deborah ^a,d   Forsberg, Ellen Marie ^b   Bay, Ingrid ^a   Kaiser, Matthias ^b   Howard, Brenda ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology (NENT)   (Norway)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Countermeasures; Ethics; Justification; Radioactivity; Restoration; Value matrix

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RADIATION HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE RESTORATION;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTAMINATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ETHICS; RADIOACTIVITY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL STRATEGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; POWER PLANTS; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; UKRAINE;

EID: 1842478388     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.01.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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