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Where Should Nuclear Waste be Dumped?

| May 26, 2015

Community consent is essential when debating where to place nuclear waste.

MTA Research Fellow Behnam Taebi and former Research Fellow Kathleen Araújo explore lessons learned from early adopters of consent-based processes in nuclear waste decisions. They argue, whatever waste sites are evaluated, public consent must more fully be taken into account for there to be any chance of durable buy-in.

Full text: http://nationalinterest.org/feature/where-should-nuclear-waste-be-dumped-12961

For more information on this publication: Belfer Communications Office
For Academic Citation: Araújo, Kathleen and Behnam Taebi.“Where Should Nuclear Waste be Dumped?.” The National Interest, May 26, 2015.

The Authors

Kathleen Araújo

Kathleen Araújo

  • Former Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP)/Project on Managing the Atom (MTA), July–August 2014; Former Research Fellow, STPP/MTA, 2013–2014; Former Research Fellow, STPP, 2012–2013
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