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Nuclear Decommissioning Case Studies

Safety, Environmental and Security Rules

  • 1st Edition, Volume 4 - April 16, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Michele Laraia
  • Language: English

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Description

Nuclear Decommissioning Case Studies: Safety, Environmental and Security Rules, Volume Four in Michele Laraia’s series that presents a selection of global case studies on different aspects of Nuclear Decommissioning, focuses on the people side, including public perception, public relations and human factors. The book presents a selection of case studies on stakeholders, socioeconomics and more, providing readers with a guide on how to deal with common, often contentious, challenges. The events covered in this publication range from safety factors, stakeholder motivation and involvement and leadership adequacies.

Decommissioning experts, including regulators, operators, waste managers, researchers and academics will find this book to be suitable supplementary material to Michele Laraia’s reference works on the theory and applications of nuclear decommissioning.

Key features

  • Presents a selection of global case studies which focus on the people side of nuclear decommissioning, specifically public perception, stakeholder management and human factors
  • Highlights important sustainability and socioeconomic factors
  • Assists the reader in developing robust, people-related plans and strategies based on experience and lessons learned

Readership

Nuclear engineers; nuclear researchers; nuclear students; decommissioning specialists; governments and decision makers; nuclear operators and waste managers

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. The concept of environmental sustainability as applicable to nuclear decommissioning (as applicable to this book)

3. The structure of this book: Stakeholder involvement; socio-economic impacts; human factors

4. Errors, mishaps, inadequacies due to contentious interactions between parties (conversely, best practices)

5. Stakeholder Case Studies

6. Socio-economic Case Studies

7. Human factors Case Studies

8. Conclusions

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 4
  • Published: April 21, 2022
  • Language: English

About the author

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Michele Laraia

Michele Laraia, a chemical engineer by background, gained his first degree at the University of Rome. In 1975 he began to work at Italy's Regulatory Body, since 1982 as licensing manager of decommissioning projects. From July 1991, Michele worked at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Waste Technology Section, as Unit Leader responsible for decontamination and decommissioning of nuclear installations and environmental remediation. The objectives of the work were to provide guidance to Member States on the planning and implementation of nuclear decommissioning and site remediation, to disseminate information on good practices, and to provide direct assistance to Member States in the implementation of their programmes. Following his retirement in November 2011 Michele offers consultant services in the above-mentioned areas.
Affiliations and expertise
Independent Consultant, Rome, Italy

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