Changing approach: Local participation as a part of the site selection process of the final disposal facility for high-level nuclear waste in FINLAND

Proceedings - 10th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, ICEM'05

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1222-1230

  Kojo, Matti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SITE SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DISPOSAL FACILITY; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE (HLNW) MANAGEMENT; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 33646564397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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