Input to Design of Site Selection Process: Background Papers

The paper prepared by Richard Kuhn and Brenda Murphy provides a review of elements of past facility siting processes around the world by reviewing the literature produced by social scientists. Although different policies for radioactive waste management have developed in different countries, the basic challenge is the same everywhere: finding a method and a place for isolating the radioactive waste from the biosphere. The goal of this paper is to work towards developing a framework within which a facility siting process can be established that is applicable to nuclear fuel waste management in Canada.

The paper prepared by Stratos highlights practices used in selected large resource development projects.

	SR-2006-01: Developing a Siting Strategy for a Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Facility
	SR-2006-03: Learning from the Experience of Others - A Selection of Case Studies about Siting Processes

Related Links
	NWMO SR-2006-02: Community: Defining the Concept and its Implications
	2-6 A Review of Waste Facility Siting Case Studies Applicable to Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Facilities and Associated Infrastructure