DOI
10.1016/j.erss.2021.102473
The process to find a process for governance: Nuclear waste management and consent-based siting in the United States
论文题名译名
寻找治理过程的过程：美国的核废料管理和基于同意的选址
摘要
In 2013, the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE) attempted to initiate a consent-based siting (CBS) approach to better engage diverse publics and thereby begin to remedy a legacy of technocratic decision-making and inequitable public engagement processes plaguing historical high-level nuclear waste siting efforts. DOE's remediation work included a contract with the Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology (ECAST) network to employ participatory technology assessment (pTA) to help co-create the CBS process with lay publics. In late 2016, the DOE terminated the process to develop a CBS process. To date, little in the public record explores DOE's novel foray into CBS. As researchers on DOE's aborted ECAST efforts, we situate the novel pTA process to create a CBS process amidst the technocratic political-historical context of commercial nuclear waste siting in the U.S. Lessons from ECAST's effort highlight persistent institutional barriers inhibiting U.S. capacity to more equitably approach the challenge of siting nuclear waste facilities. We identify the undermining consequences of DOE's focus on expediency; imposed limitations on the scope of CBS; bureaucratic obstacles to public input; a lack of continuity in values across executive administrations; and absence of top-level commitment to procedural and institutional learning, innovation, and adaptation. Through our case history and critical reflection, we aim to inform future efforts in the U.S. and beyond to overcome failed technocratic histories and instead steward participatory, equitable, and democratic processes to manage high-level nuclear waste.
中文摘要
2013年，美国能源部（DOE）试图启动一种基于同意的选址方法，以更好地吸引不同的公众，从而开始纠正困扰历史上高水平核废料选址工作的技术官僚决策和不公平的公众参与过程的遗留问题。美国能源部的补救工作包括与专家和公民科学技术评估（ECAST）网络签订合同，采用参与式技术评估（pTA）来帮助与非专业公众共同创建CBS流程。2016年末，美国能源部终止了开发哥伦比亚广播公司流程的程序。到目前为止，很少有公开记录探讨美国能源部对哥伦比亚广播公司的新颖尝试。作为美国能源部放弃ECAST努力的研究人员，我们将新的pTA过程置于美国商业核废料选址的技术官僚政治历史背景下，以创建CBS过程。ECAST努力带来的经验教训突显了持续存在的制度障碍，阻碍了美国更公平地应对核废料设施选址挑战的能力。我们确定了能源部关注权宜之计的破坏性后果；对哥伦比亚广播公司的范围施加限制；阻碍公众投入的官僚主义障碍；各行政部门的价值观缺乏连续性；以及缺乏对程序和机构学习、创新和适应的最高承诺。通过我们的案例历史和批判性反思，我们的目标是为美国及其他国家未来的努力提供信息，以克服失败的技术官僚历史，并管理参与性、公平和民主的进程来管理高水平的核废料。
来源智库
Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (United States)
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JA202305220000001JL
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