Nuclear Waste Management in Canada

Critical Issues, Critical Perspectives

Edited by Darrin Durant & Genevieve Fuji Johnson
Categories: Political Science, Canadian Political Science, Public & Social Policy, Environmental & Nature Studies, Environmental Politics & Policy, Natural Resources, Environmental Protection & Preservation
Publisher: UBC Press
Hardcover : 9780774817080, 208 pages, October 2009
Paperback : 9780774817097, 208 pages, July 2010
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774817103, 208 pages, July 2010
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774859035, 208 pages, July 2010
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Table of contents

Abbreviations

1 Critical Perspectives on the Nuclear Story / Darrin Durant and
Genevieve Fuji Johnson

2 The Trouble with Nuclear / Darrin Durant

3 An Official Narrative: Telling the History of Canada’s
Nuclear Waste Management Policy Making / Darrin Durant and
Anna Stanley

4 The Long Haul: Ethics in the Canadian Nuclear Waste Debate /
Peter Timmerman

5 Public Consultation as Performative Contradiction: Limiting
Discussion in Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Debate /
Darrin Durant

6 The Darker Side of Deliberative Democracy: The Canadian Nuclear
Waste Management Organization’s National Consultation Process /
Genevieve Fuji Johnson

7 Representing the Knowledges of Aboriginal Peoples – The
"Management" of Diversity in Canada’s Nuclear Fuel
Waste / Anna Stanley

8 Canadian Communities and the Management of Nuclear Fuel Waste /
Brenda L. Murphy

9 Situating Canada’s Approaches to Siting a Nuclear Fuel Waste
Management Facility / Brenda L. Murphy and Richard Kuhn

References; Contributors; Index

Nuclear Waste Management in Canada encourages critical thought
and discussion about energy generation and waste management by
exploring the technical, social, and ethical aspects of the
problem.

Description

As oil reserves decline and the environment takes centre stage in public policy discussions, the merits and dangers of nuclear power and nuclear waste management are once again being debated. Nuclear Waste Management in Canada provides a critical counterpoint to the position of government and industry by examining not only the technical but also the social and ethical aspects of the issue. What do frequently used terms such as safety, risk, and acceptability really mean? And how and why did the public consultation process in Canada fail to address ethical and social issues? This timely collection defuses the uncertainty, ambiguity, and ignorance that surrounds discussions of nuclear energy.