The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in 2000 and serves as a platform for understanding stakeholder dialogue and discussi...
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20 January 2022
The NEA has started preparing its third Stakeholder Involvement Workshop which will focus on optimisation in decision-making.
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14 January 2022
The NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) and the NEA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) organised a joint workshop “How to deal with misinformation?...
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30 November 2021
NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence held its annual plenary meeting on 12-14 October 2021.
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19 October 2021
The importance of stakeholder involvement was one of the key messages highlighted by the NEA at the Virtual Nuclear Power Plants Expo & Summit (NPPES), hosted by the Nuclear Industry Association of T...
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3 June 2021
NEA/RWM/FSC(2017)1
Bridging Gaps: Developing Sustainable Intergenerational Decision Making in Radioactive Waste Management
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9 April 2021
The NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) organised a workshop on “Addressing the Challenges of Misinformation” on 29 March 2021 to discuss the topic of misinformation and explore how to address ...
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31 March 2021
The decisions made about protective actions of people and the environment in situations involving exposure to ionising radiation have tended to be driven by subjective judgements about the health ris...
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26 February 2021
NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence updates
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25 February 2021
Virtual Stakeholder Confidence Workshop on the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities in the United Kingdom, 16 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
NEA/RWM/FSC(2005)4/REV1
Disposal of Radioactive Waste: The Forming of a New Approach in Germany - Summary and international perspective of the FSC Community Visit and National Workshop held in Hitzacker, Hamburg on 5-8 Octo...
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5 August 2020
NEA/RWM/FSC(2003)8
Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC): Canadian Site Visit and Workshop - Summary and International Perspective
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3 August 2020
Programme for the NEA Workshop on Stakeholder Involvement in Nuclear Decision Making, 17-19 January 2017
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17 June 2020
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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28 May 2020
How the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) serves as a platform to build and share knowledge about stakeholder confidence in radioactive waste management flyer – English A4
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26 May 2020
KORAD's 6th International Symposium on Safety Improvement & Stakeholder Confidence in Radioactive Waste Management, November 2019.
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6 December 2019
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26 September 2019
OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France
Nuclear safety regulators, government officials, nuclear facility operators, and other nuclear energy actors have roles and responsibilities in sharing scientific, technical or regulatory information...
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19 June 2020
Because nuclear issues are embedded in broader societal issues such as the environment, energy, risk management, health policy and sustainability, they can often generate considerable interest and co...
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16 October 2017
Worldwide consensus exists within the international community that geological repositories can provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste from the hum...
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4 April 2017
Communication has a specific role to play in the development of deep geological repositories. Building trust with the stakeholders involved in this process, particularly within the local community, i...
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20 February 2017
Over 130 experts from 26 countries have come together to discuss international best practices and concluded that stakeholder support and involvement are essential to achieving accepted and sustainabl...
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19 January 2017
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19 January 2017
OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France
Nuclear issues are embedded with broader societal issues such as the environment, risk management, energy and health policies, and sustainability. As such, nuclear projects often generate considerabl...
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17 June 2020
Worldwide consensus exists within the international community that geological repositories can provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste from the hum...
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10 December 2016
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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22 February 2016
Radioactive waste management is embedded in broader societal issues such as the environment, risk management, energy, health policy and sustainability. In all these fields, there is an increasing dem...
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1 January 2016
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1 December 2015
This flyer describes the national workshops organised by the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC).
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1 December 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)3
This document aims at providing a starting point for discussing the usefulness of launching an international discussion and reflection on the basic elements, the concrete experiences and the challeng...
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27 February 2014
NEA/RWM(2014)1
Describes the achievements and plans of the working parties under the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) as presented at the 47th session of the RWMC held on 26-27 March 2014.
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13 February 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)4
The study report explores the role, needs and expectations of local communities regarding monitoring and RK&M preservation of radioactive waste management (RWM) facilities, in particular deep geologi...
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21 January 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)4/PROV
This provisional study report explores the role, needs and expectations of local communities regarding monitoring and RK&M preservation of radioactive waste management (RWM) facilities, in partic...
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10 October 2013
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) Annotated Glossary is a review of concepts central to societal decision making about radioactive waste management. It record...
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1 March 2013
Deep geological repositories of radioactive waste are designed and licensed based on a model of long-term safety which does not require the active presence of man. During the period of stepwise devel...
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31 December 2013
NEA/RWM/R(2012)8
This technical guide promotes an integrated approach encompassing the interests of all actors involved (e.g. decommissioners, regulators, the public at large, waste management agencies, transporters,...
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6 September 2012
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10 May 2012
Casa de América, Madrid, Spain
Organised in collaboration with the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear
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9 May 2012
NEA/RWM/RF(2012)1/FINAL
In the area of radioactive waste management, the regulator or safety authority has emerged as a principal actor in the eyes of civil society. This study shows how regulators are increasing their inte...
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26 April 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)5
This report synthesizes principles for socially responsive siting of radioactive waste management facilities that have emerged from over a decade of learning by the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (F...
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24 April 2012
Le stockage dans des installations construites dans des couches géologiques stables et profondes constitue la solution de référence pour isoler de la biosphère humaine de manière permanente les déche...
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13 March 2012
NEA/RWM/RF(2012)1/PROV
In the area of radioactive waste management, the regulator or safety authority has emerged as a principal actor in the eyes of civil society. This study shows how regulators are increasing their inte...
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13 February 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)2
This document is a synthesis of the 8th National Workshop and Community Visit of the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) held in Östhammar, Sweden on 4-6 May 2011. Representatives of local, regiona...
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6 February 2012
NEA/RWM(2011)16
Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference solution for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the human biosphere. This managemen...
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28 November 2011
Alla långsiktiga projekt för hantering av radioaktivt avfall pågår sannolikt i årtionden eller århundraden. Projektet kräver en fysisk plats och det kommer att påverka det omgivande samhället på en r...
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4 May 2011
Les programmes nationaux de gestion des déchets radioactifs se trouvent à des phases diverses dans la recherche de sites d’implantation d’installations et se fondent sur des approches techniques dist...
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25 September 2010
Les concepts clés de la gestion des déchets radioactifs, tels la sûreté, le risque, la réversibilité et la récupérabilité, ont des connotations différentes pour la communauté scientifique et pour les...
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15 April 2010
La thématique de ce 7e atelier du Forum sur la confiance des parties prenantes (FSC) concernait la mise en œuvre du programme français de gestion des déchets de haute activité et de moyenne activité ...
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13 April 2010
This 7th Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) workshop focused on the territorial implementation of France’s high-level and long-lived intermediate-level waste management programme. Sessions address...
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12 April 2010
National radioactive waste management programmes are in various phases of siting facilities and rely on distinct technical approaches for different categories of waste. In all cases, it is necessary ...
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6 April 2010
Public attitudes to nuclear power are critical in shaping nuclear policies in OECD/NEA countries and the latter will only be able to make use of this energy source if a well-informed public considers...
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22 March 2010
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10 January 2010
Brochure describing the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) national workshops.
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1 November 2009
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