Abstract :
[en] This report is the result of research conducted by the universities of Liège and Antwerp over the course of a year. This research project, subdivided into five axes, aims to identify the conditions conducive to a realistic, effective and socially acceptable process to translate an action plan (the Waste Plan) into a specific implementation project that would ikely still be subject to arbitration and negotiation. Moreover, each axis of research aims to answer a particular question in order to address the issue from five different perspectives — theoretical, legal, media, societal and international:
Axis 1, “The decision-making process: from plan to project”, provides a theoretical discussion of the legitimacy of the decision-making process for B&C nuclear waste management.
Axis 2, “Evaluation of the Process of Societal Consultation about the Waste Plan”, sheds light on the expectations expressed in public consultation and on the successive stages of consultation that have already been implemented.
Axis 3, “Analysis of the Media Coverage of the 2010-2011 Waste Plan”, examines the visibility of the Waste Plan and the way it is treated in the media, as well as the actors and rhetoric occupying centre stage on the media scene.
Axis 4, “International Decision-Making Comparison”, explores decision trajectories developed in other countries (France, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland) in order to identify which lessons learned there can be transposed to the Belgian setting.
Axis 5, “Societal Support for the Solution for B&C Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management in Law”, focuses on the legal and institutional framework of the decision-making process.
This report is a synthesis of all the reports listed above. In this context, a dual perspective is adopted: prospective and retrospective.
