Democracy, Technology and Nuclear Power in the Czech Republic

该奖项为研究人员提供资金，以便对捷克共和国进行多次研究访问，以进一步了解影响能源政策和法规的因素。 特别的研究重点是Temelin核电站的升级。 这一升级是西方国家承诺应对前苏联在中欧和东欧建造的不安全核电站遗留问题的一部分。 该研究将把捷克的经验放在中东欧核电发展的背景下，重点放在这些国家共同的问题上。 目标是增加对科学/官僚精英的影响和公民参与的作用的了解。 这项研究将确定重要的利益攸关方、决策过程的各个阶段、相关的立法和条例、机构权威和官僚影响。 在这些访问期间，调查员将会见她的捷克合作者。 她将与参与特梅林问题的非政府组织代表面谈，并在布鲁塞尔与欧洲联盟官员就核标准和审查文件问题面谈。 第二次访问也可能提供与欧洲环境局或欧洲委员会DGXI合作的机会。 研究结果将在正在出版的合编卷的一章中报告。

This award provides funds for the investigator to make several research visits to the Czech Republic to develop further background and understanding of factors affecting energy policy and regulation there. The particular research focus is the upgrading of the Temelin nuclear plant. This upgrading is part of the commitment of Western nations to respond to the legacy in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) of unsafe nuclear plants built by the former Soviet Union. The research will place the Czech experience in the context of nuclear power development in the CEE, focusing on problems common to these states. The goal is to increase knowledge about the influence of scientific/bureaucratic elites and the role of citizen participation. The research will identify the significant stakeholders, stages in the decision-making process, relevant legislation and regulations, institutional authority and bureaucratic influence. During these trips, the investigator will meet with her Czech collaborator. She will interview representatives of the non-governmental organizations involved in Temelin, and spend time in Brussels interviewing officials of the European Union concerning nuclear standards and reviewing documents. The second trip may also provide an opportunity to work with the European Environmental Bureau or DGXI of the European Commission. Research findings will be reported in a chapter of a co-edited volume under production.