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Rationality and Ritual - Participation and Exclusion in Nuclear Decision-making

Author
Wynne B.
Date
2010
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-086146)
Publisher | Place of publication
Earthscan | London, U.K.
ISBN
9781849711616
Pages
228 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Policy/planning Jurisdictional competence Public participation Nuclear energy
Abstract

Presents an analysis of science and technology policy-making. By focussing on an episode of major importance in Britain's nuclear history - the Windscale Inquiry, a public hearing about the future of fuel reprocessing in Britain, the author offers a critique of such judicial procedures and the underlying assumptions of the rationalist approach.

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