Societal Approaches to Nuclear Waste Mangement

Stockholm, Hilton Stockholm Slussen hotel, May 3-4 2011

Developing a socially functional process to manage the safe disposal of nuclear waste involve scientific, technical, social and political challenges. Stockholm Spring Talks – arranged by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) - will bring together researchers with political and industrial decision-makers, representatives from municipalities as well as national and international organisations to engage in discussions about key aspects.

Programme May 3-4
Examples of issues to be addressed by key note speakers, during panel discussions and sessions with presentations selected from calls of abstracts are:

- Responsibilities and roles at national and international levels
- The role of participation in formal decision making and representative democracy
- Factors of importance for public opinion
- Factors influencing trust building and loss of trust, organisation of participation and transparency
- Procedures for dealing with scientifically complex and controversial issues

Click here to see the preliminary conference programme.

Site visits May 4-5 (optional)
Following the conference on May 4, SKB arranges a 24-hour trip to visit the SKB installations in Oskarshamn: Clab, the interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel and the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory where research and testing are carried out in a real environment at 500 meters underground.

Registration
The fee for the Stockholm Spring Talks conference is SEK 3,500 (approximately EUR 380/
USD 500). This includes access to all sessions, coffee breaks and lunches, conference dinner on May 3 and all documents. Please observe that the number of participants is limited.

Click here for registration and payment and to find more information about hotel bookings and the site visits. Please note that the latest date for registration is April 2, 2011.

Welcome!

Saida Laârouchi Engström
Director
Department of Environment Stakeholders and Community

For more information, contact project manager Kristina Vikström, phone +46 8 459 8579.

The issue of developing a socially functional process to manage the safe disposal of nuclear waste is studied and debated in many countries around the world, though possible solutions related to different types of disposal sites, construction methods, and governmental and societal decision-making processes vary widely. There are also common elements in scientific and social developments across countries, and collaborative efforts are being made that involve a broad array of stakeholders, nations and international organisations.

In 2004, SKB initiated a research programme for social sciences and the humanities regarding nuclear waste management. The results of this programme will be presented at the conference for discussion.