Nuclear risk management on stage: A decision analysis perspective on the UK's Committee on radioactive waste management

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 764-779

  Morton, Alec ^a,b   Airoldi, Mara ^a   Phillips, Lawrence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytic deliberative processes; Multi criteria decision analysis; Nuclear waste; Public engagement; Radioactive waste management

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC-DELIBERATIVE PROCESSES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR WASTE; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; PLASTICS MOLDING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLLUTION POLICY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPERT SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; NUCLEAR WASTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GREAT BRITAIN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 63849276752     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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