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Held: 6th - 9th April, Meiringen, Switzerland

The OBRA project within the EU FP6 programme is assessing the feasibility of creating an Observatory for long-term governance on radioactive waste management in Europe. If an Observatory is established after the OBRA project is completed, it will contribute to the better governance of radioactive waste by providing mechanisms for all stakeholders to have access to the knowledge that has been generated by successive EU programmes, and in the wider international context, in both the scientific and social sciences fields.

One objective of OBRA is to evaluate ways of providing access to information for communities that are, or might be, affected by radioactive waste management projects. This workshop, designed for local community representatives and advisers, is intended to act as a trial of two mechanisms for providing access to information and experience, using geological disposal of radioactive waste as the basis:

  • a ‘classical’ approach to technical information, based upon accessible documentation and presentations, backed up by access to experts;
  • a role play exercise where different stakeholders are faced with responding to a proposed geological repository project and endeavouring to find a solution.

Please note that this trial workshop is restricted to OBRA project partners and associated organisations

A provisional course outline is now available (Provisional Course Outline PDF File 123 kb) and further information will follow shortly.

 
Last Updated ( Friday, 18 July 2008 )
 
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