“Fixing” the nuclear waste problem? The new political economy of spent fuel management in the United States

MZ Bell, A Macfarlane - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
With continued reliance on nuclear energy in the United States, we are increasingly having
to contend with the problem of nuclear waste. Growing quantities of spent nuclear fuel, the …

The process to find a process for governance: Nuclear waste management and consent-based siting in the United States

J Richter, MJ Bernstein, M Farooque - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2013, the United States (US) Department of Energy (DOE) attempted to initiate a
consent-based siting (CBS) approach to better engage diverse publics and thereby begin to …

Introduction: The ethical constitution of energy dilemmas

MM High, JM Smith - Journal of the Royal Anthropological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Growing anthropological research on energy provides critical explorations into the cross‐
cultural ways in which people perceive and use this fundamental resource. We argue that …

Towards an ethnography of small hydropower in China: Rural electrification, socioeconomic development and furtive hydroscapes

T Ptak - Energy research & social science, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper critically analyzes the disjuncture between rural electrification initiatives,
utilization and socioeconomic development resulting from development of small hydropower …

Cursed forever? Exploring socio-economic effects of nuclear power plant closures across nine communities in the United States

D Yamamoto, A Greco - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Nuclear energy occupies a conspicuous place in the global energy transition. In the United
States, civilian nuclear power plants are shutting down before their licenses expire, leaving …

A nuclear real-world experiment: Exploring the experimental mindsets of radioactive waste management organisations in France, Belgium and Canada

C Parotte - Energy Research & Social Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Following the theoretical approach of Herbold (1995), Gross and Krohn (2005), and Van de
Poel et al.(2017), this article argues that nuclear waste management is a real-world …

Of social movements, human rights and electricity access: Exploring an indigenous civil resistance in Chiapas, Mexico

U Cao, G Frigo - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Alongside Sustainable Development Goal 7 and related policies, another potential
strategy for enhancing access to energy services that are reliable, high quality, affordable …

Waiting for waste: Nuclear imagination and the politics of distant futures in Finland

TJ Foley - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Nuclear energy production leaves behind waste that endangers human health for over
100,000 years. Governments and nuclear power producers around the world are scrambling …

Social justice, fairness and exclusion in the South Korean electricity sector

JDY Kim, E Choi, E Lee - Energy Research & Social Science, 2019 - Elsevier
This research investigates the ways in which mainstream energy policy based on a
utilitarian principle of the greatest good creates injustice. To be more specific, drawing on …

Research on the implementation of integrated coastal management principles in Taiwan to mitigate disputes related to nuclear waste disposal

YS Chen, CT Lee, YC Wang, TL Chang, TK Liu - Energy Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Taiwan's nuclear power plants are situated in coastal regions characterized by abundant
socio-economic and ecological significance. In the context of managing high-level …