• Technology

• Health

• Environment

• Project Co-ordinator: Dr. phil. Georg Kamp, M.A.

• Excerpt of the study “Radioactive Waste”, Springer Verlag

• Memorandum: C. Streffer et al.: Radioactive Waste. Technical and Normative Aspects of its Disposal, Springer 2011 (Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, Vol. 38)

• Press Release “Gorleben plus” 10 October 2011

• Presentation “Radioactive Waste” 10 October 2011, Berlin (German)

• Duration: 10/08–10/10

• Funding: VGB Powertech, Essen

• Project Report by Dr. Georg Kamp in “Technikfolgenabschätzung – Theorie und Praxis (TATuP)” (2/2009) (German)

• Further Information on “Energy”

Excerpt of the study

In the public and political debate on nuclear power it is constantly being mentioned that the question of final repository has not yet been solved and that the usage of nuclear power therefore could not be justified. The project reconstructed and assessed critically the  applied standards and criteria for radiation protection and the physical-technical bases of the designs for the final storage of high-level radioactive waste and spent fuel assemblies that are stipulated for a long-term security.

Furthermore, the members worked out a survey over the strategies, concepts and rules that are established in the most important countries that operate nuclear power plants. On the basis of this exploration the project group developed rationally justified criteria for the evaluation of these approaches concerning technical requirements as well as those requirements that derive from the necessity of protecting man and nature. These reflections comprise juridical, ethical, and sociological reflections: An adequate evaluation of the different options presupposes a juridical examination of the national and transnational regulations, the question of long-term responsibility needs to be answered from an ethical point of view and, within these limits, options for implementation are to be worked out that enjoy widespread public support.

The recommendations of the group are presented in the study “Radioactive Waste”. On the basis of this normative examination and the considerations from the physical and engineering sciences´ point of view the group provides recommendations justified by transdisciplinary acceptable arguments.

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Press release “Gorleben plus” 10 October 2011
Excerpt from the study “Radioactive Waste”