Socio-Technical Challenges of Finland's Nuclear Waste Policy: Discussion of the Techno-Scientific Community on the Geological Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 83-103

  Litmanen, Tapio ^a   Kojo, Matti ^b   Nurmi, Anna ^c  

^a University of Tampere ^*

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

challenges; Finland; geological disposal; nuclear waste policy; socio technical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928337268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rhc3.13     Document Type: Article

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