No time to waste: Exploring timeprints of radioactive waste management options in Belgium

Following the work of Barbara Adam (1998) and Ulrike Felt (2016), we draw particular attention to ‘timeprints’ in the assessment and selection of radioactive waste management (RWM) options. Using the example of Belgium, we identify four different timeprints mobilized (un)consciously by stakeholders when assessing RWM options, namely trajectorism, promise economy, radioactive waste identity, and multi-situated timeprints. We show that each of these timeprints has a significant impact on the RWM option to be considered and actively determines future radioactive waste management pathways in the f... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Frenay, Sacha
Parotte, Céline
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Reihe/Periodikum: TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis ; volume 31, issue 3, page 24-30 ; ISSN 2567-8833 2568-020X
Verlag/Hrsg.: Oekom Publishers GmbH
Schlagwörter: General Medicine
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26986628
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.14512/tatup.31.3.24

Following the work of Barbara Adam (1998) and Ulrike Felt (2016), we draw particular attention to ‘timeprints’ in the assessment and selection of radioactive waste management (RWM) options. Using the example of Belgium, we identify four different timeprints mobilized (un)consciously by stakeholders when assessing RWM options, namely trajectorism, promise economy, radioactive waste identity, and multi-situated timeprints. We show that each of these timeprints has a significant impact on the RWM option to be considered and actively determines future radioactive waste management pathways in the form of ‘tacit governance’.