Uncertain eternity, or eternal uncertainty? : The controversy about a geological repository for highly radioactive waste in the Czech Republic.

Intro -- CONTENS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 THE PROBLEM -- 1.2 THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES -- 1.3 RESEARCH MATERIAL, TIMING OF THE RESEARCH, AND STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT -- 2. UNCERTAINTY AND RISK IN CONTROVERSIES ABOUT TECHNICAL PROJECTS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES -- 2.1 TWO PARADIGMS FOR DEALING WITH RISK AND UNCERTAINTY ISSUES? -- 2.2 FROM STUDIES OF RISK PERCEPTION TO RISK GOVERNANCE -- 2.3 RISK GOVERNANCE AND ITS UNDERSTANDING OF RISK -- 2.4 FRANK KNIGHT AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RISK AND UNCERTAINTY -- 2.5 CONSTRUCTIVIST STS AND UNCERTAINTY -- 2.6 RADICAL UNCERTAINTY AND HYBRID FORUMS IN CONTROVERSIES ABOUT TECHNICAL PROJECTS -- 2.7 DIFFERENT FLAVOURS OF UNCERTAINTY ACCORDING TO BRIAN WYNNE -- 2.8 THE DOUBLE FACE OF SCIENCE -- 2.9 CONCLUSION -- 3. THE CZECH REPOSITORY PROJECT IN THE 1990s: THE REPOSITORY AS A RESEARCH PROJECT -- 3.1 FIRST GEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS AND RESEARCH WORK IN THE 1990s -- 3.2 THE ATOMIC ACT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SÚRAO -- 3.3 THE GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY AS A RESEARCH PROJECT -- 3.4 THE RESEARCH PROJECT AND ANTICIPATION OF A PUBLIC CONTROVERSY -- 3.5 GEOLOGY AND MAKING PREDICTIONS -- 3.6 SAFETY ASSESSMENTS OF THE REPOSITORY -- 3.7 CONCLUSION -- 4. THE CZECH REPOSITORY PROJECT IN THE EARLY 2000s: THE BIRTH OF THE CONTROVERSY -- 4.1 THE LIST OF THE PRESELECTED SITES GOES PUBLIC -- 4.2 APPROVING THE CZECH GOVERNMENTAL NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY -- 4.3 NGOs AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS TAKE PART -- 4.4 SÚRAO STARTS REGIONAL MAPPING -- 4.5 GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH CONTINUES… UNTIL THE MORATORIUM -- 4.6 MUNICIPALITIES, NIMBY, AND UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS -- 4.7 SÚRAO, EMPHASIS ON COMMUNICATION, AND THE RISK-BASED PARADIGM -- 4.8 CONCLUSION: WHERE IS THE REPOSITORY? -- 5. THE MORATORIUM AND 'DIALOGUE PERIOD, '2004-2013.

5.1 THE MORATORIUM AND FOUNDATIONS FOR DIALOGUE ABOUT THE CZECH REPOSITORY PROJECT -- 5.2 THE ORIGIN OF THE WORKING GROUP FOR DIALOGUE -- 5.3 SÚRAO TAKES ACTION: PUBLIC DEBATES, A NEW SITE AND SÚRAO'S PROMISE -- 5.4 THE WORKING GROUP KEEPS WORKING WHILE SÚRAO SEEKS A DEAL -- 5.5 THE END OF THE DIALOGUE PERIOD -- 5.6 THE END OF THE WORKING GROUP AND ANOTHER POLARISATION OF THE CONTROVERSY -- 5.7 A FAILED WAY OUT OF THE VICIOUS CIRCLE -- 5.8 RISK-FREE ETERNITY? -- 5.9 UNCERTAIN TOMORROW -- 6. CONCLUSION: FROM UNCERTAIN ETERNITY TO ETERNAL UNCERTAINTY? -- 6.1 TRUST, TRUST, TRUST -- 6.2 WHERE ARE THE HYBRID FORUMS? -- 6.3 THE ORDERING OF AN UNCERTAIN ETERNITY -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- LIST OF INTERVIEWS -- LIST OF PUBLIC DEBATES, SEMINARS, AND CONFERENCES -- NAME INDEX -- INDEX OF INSTITUTION AND ORGANIZATION NAMES.

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