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Nuclear Futures - a seminar series to re-make sociotechnical research agendas

核未来——重新制定社会技术研究议程的研讨会系列

基本信息

批准号：
ES/N009444/1
负责人：
Susan Molyneux-Hodgson
金额：
$ 3.68万
依托单位：
University of Sheffield
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2015 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FN009444%2F1
关键词：
Nuclear Futures seminar series re

项目摘要

Geological disposal (GD) of radioactive waste, in deep underground repositories, was first proposed in the US in the '50s yet rarely has final disposal of waste been at the forefront of government and industry concerns. Much waste has been in 'interim storage' for decades. Meanwhile, more is produced through ongoing energy production. The GD approach to civil waste has crept up national policy agendas following an EU Directive in 2011 and the EU's Technology Platform determination that first disposal operations should begin somewhere in Europe by 2025. At various speeds, EU Member States are conducting further scientific research, progressing decisions on where to site GD and undertaking various forms of public engagement. Many countries have made limited headway or have deferred implementation decisions, while Finland has made 'most' progress against the Directive targets and now holds permission to start construction of disposal facilities. The publication of the UK Government White Paper 'Implementing Geological Disposal' in July 2014 (IGD2014) sets out a process to decide on the siting and building of a UK facility. Learning from earlier policy breakdowns the new policy promises to "provide a permanent solution" for the UK's existing and planned higher activity radioactive waste.The implementation of geological disposal - like many topics on nuclear matters - prompts numerous questions of social, technical, political and ethical character. The Series' primary focus is on nuclear waste, its management and proposed final disposal. However, radioactive waste is interwoven with multiple other concerns including: government policy on building new nuclear plants as part of an energy mix and a low carbon future; and ongoing and future decommissioning projects. For some, these discussions cannot be separated from military affairs, further entangling issues up for debate.Social science academics have written on nuclear topics in the past and under different policy conditions. However, it is timely to question these earlier works and to enlarge the arena of debate, expanding the social perspectives and including the technical. The goal is to transform thinking to address radioactive waste as a sociotechnical matter and to vitalise our research capacity. The proposed Series will build on an ESRC initiative in multi-disciplinary research training funded in 2013. That scheme enabled an experimental collaboration between social scientists associated with the White Rose DTC and engineers from the EPSRC-funded Nuclear First CDT. We now seek to expand this research potential beyond training provision and expand to include policy implementation concerns.In 7 meetings, over two and half years, the Series will bring social scientists from different disciplines together, alongside academic engineering communities, policy and industry bodies.Each meeting will involve talks from academic and non-academic partners, small group discussions, plenary sessions and activities. The seminars will provide opportunities for social science academics to connect directly to technical research communities and to non-academic bodies involved in GD policy. Policy bodies and engineering researchers will experience the process of social science debate and be exposed to critical thinking on their technical concerns. The meetings will thus enable knowledge exchange between groups that do not regularly interact, including social science researchers with technical policy implementation bodies. Meetings will be concurrent with specific aspects of the IGD2014 policy process: the possibility to inform ongoing implementation work makes the Series particularly timely.The significance and importance of the Series is evidenced by letters of support from key non-academic bodies and the substantial co-funding of the proposal.Output will include academic talks and papers; policy briefings; reports and designs for engagement activities

放射性废物的地质处置（GD），在深地下储存库，最早是在50年代在美国提出的，但废物的最终处置很少成为政府和工业界关注的最前沿。许多废料已经被“临时储存”了几十年。与此同时，更多的是通过持续的能源生产产生的。在2011年欧盟指令和欧盟技术平台确定到2025年应在欧洲某个地方开始第一次处置行动之后，GD处理民用废物的方法已悄悄进入国家政策议程。欧盟成员国正在以不同的速度进行进一步的科学研究，推动决定在何处进行全民普查，并开展各种形式的公众参与。许多国家取得的进展有限，或者推迟了实施决定，而芬兰在实现指令目标方面取得了“最大”进展，现在获准开始建设处置设施。2014年7月，英国政府发布了《实施地质处置》白皮书（IGD2014），提出了一个决定英国核设施选址和建设的过程。从早期的政策分析中吸取教训，新政策承诺为英国现有的和计划中的高活度放射性废物“提供永久解决方案”。地质处置的实施- -象许多有关核问题的题目一样- -引起了许多社会、技术、政治和伦理性质的问题。该丛书的主要重点是核废料、其管理和拟议的最后处置。然而，放射性废物与许多其他问题交织在一起，包括：政府将建设新核电站作为能源结构和低碳未来的一部分的政策；以及正在进行和未来的退役项目。对一些人来说，这些讨论不能与军事事务分开，这进一步纠缠了需要辩论的问题。过去，在不同的政策条件下，社会科学学者也写过关于核问题的文章。然而，现在是时候质疑这些早期的作品，扩大辩论的舞台，扩大社会视角，包括技术。目标是转变思维，将放射性废物作为一个社会技术问题来处理，并振兴我们的研究能力。该系列将以ESRC 2013年资助的多学科研究培训计划为基础。该计划使得与白玫瑰DTC相关的社会科学家和epsrc资助的核第一CDT的工程师之间的实验合作成为可能。我们现在寻求将这一研究潜力扩大到提供培训之外，并扩大到包括政策实施方面的关注。在为期两年半的7次会议中，该系列将把来自不同学科的社会科学家、学术工程团体、政策和行业团体聚集在一起。每次会议将包括学术和非学术合作伙伴的会谈、小组讨论、全体会议和活动。这些研讨会将为社会科学学者提供机会，直接与技术研究界和参与GD政策的非学术机构建立联系。政策机构和工程研究人员将体验社会科学辩论的过程，并对他们的技术问题进行批判性思考。因此，这些会议将使不经常相互作用的群体，包括社会科学研究人员与技术政策执行机构之间的知识交流成为可能。会议将与2014年政府间发展大会政策进程的具体方面同时举行：有可能为正在进行的实施工作提供信息，这使得该系列特别及时。主要非学术机构的支持信和大量的共同资助证明了该系列的重要性。产出将包括学术演讲和论文；政策简报;审计业务活动的报告和设计