Search results for "loppusijoitus"
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Trust, mistrust and distrust as blind spots of Social Licence to Operate: illustration via three forerunner countries in nuclear waste management
2021
The notion of social licence to operate (SLO) has become a widely applied concept for companies in mining and resource extraction industries to manage their social and community relations, in the face of local criticism and opposition. SLO literature and practice have highlighted earning the trust of the local community as a key requirement for an SLO. This article addresses three weaknesses in how the current SLO literature addresses trust. The arguments are illustrated via examples from nuclear waste management in Finland, France and Sweden–three forerunners in implementing high-level nuclear waste repository projects. Nuclear waste management constitutes a relevant case for analysis, as …
The Art of Being Ethical and Responsible : Print Media Debate on Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Finland and Sweden
2022
AbstractAfter decades of preparation, the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel has reached the construction stage in Finland, and the neighboring Sweden is likely to soon follow in the footsteps. These Nordic countries rely on a similar technical concept based on passive safety, advocated as a means of minimizing the burden to future generations. The scholarly literature on the ethics of nuclear waste management has thus far paid little attention to the views of the broader publics on the associated ethical challenges. This article helps to fill the gap through a longitudinal and comparative analysis of ethical discussion of the final disposal of SNF in news articles and letters to the edit…
Community divided : adaptation and aversion towards the spent nuclear fuel repository in Eurajoki and its neighbouring municipalities
2010
Perceptions of justice influencing community acceptance of spent nuclear fuel disposal : A case study in two Finnish nuclear communities
2019
Final disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from nuclear power plants (NPPs) is an ethical issue with implications within and across generations. We address this issue from the perspective of nuclear communities that host nuclear waste disposal sites. These are primarily the communities that face injustice due to the potential radiological risks. A resident survey (n = 454) was conducted in two Finnish nuclear communities, i.e. Eurajoki and Pyhäjoki, that are being considered as alternative sites for a second repository for SNF. The nuclear waste management (NWM) company Posiva is already building a repository in Eurajoki, the first in Finland. These communities are in different stages of th…
Piristysruiske vai surmanisku? : Fennovoima Oy:n ydinvoimalan periaatepäätösvaiheen kuulemistilaisuuksien yleisöpuheenvuorojen analyysi
2010
Sanomalehtikeskustelu ydinjätteen KBS-3-loppusijoitusmenetelmän riskeistä Suomessa ja Ruotsissa
2018
Ydinjätteen loppusijoitus on ydinvoiman elinkaareen liittyvä seikka, jota ei ole vielä aloitettu missään. Suomessa ja Ruotsissa ydinjätteen loppusijoituksessa aiotaan käyttää Ruotsissa kehitettyä KBS-3-menetelmää, jonka turvallisuus on kuitenkin herättänyt keskustelua niin asiantuntijoiden kesken kuin julkisuudessa. KBS-3-loppusijoitusmenetelmän turvallisuuteen liittyvä riskikeskustelu on lähes kyseenalaistanut menetelmän käytön Ruotsissa, kun taas Suomessa keskustelu on yleistynyt myöhemmin. Tämän tutkielman tarkoituksena oli tarkastella ja vertailla ydinjätteen KBS-3- loppusijoitusmenetelmään liittyvien riskien käsittelemistä sanomalehtikeskustelussa Suomessa ja Ruotsissa. Aineistona tutk…
Tracer migration in crystalline rock : application to geological barriers of nuclear waste storage
2016
This work deals with transport of radionuclides in the geosphere. The subject is investigated through characterisation of water conducting fractures, determining of rock transport properties and development of new methods for characterising geological samples. Here, as is often the case, radionuclide transport is investigated indirectly by characterising the structures, where the transport takes place, and directly by measuring transport properties in the gas phase. First water conducting fractures of three different types and the rock matrix surrounding them were analysed through rock samples from Olkiluoto. The analysis was done using X-ray tomography, the 14C-PMMA autoradiography techniq…