Participant Perceptions on the Nature of Stakeholder Dialogue Carried out by the United Kingdom's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)

The author comments the results of a research which concentrated on the dialogue used to engage participants to bi-annual stakeholder meetings with nuclear site community representatives held by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), and on a concept of fairness. The author notably compares the findings from a questionnaire issued in November 2006 to those of a questionnaire issued in May 2008 in order to assess any change in stakeholder perception (frustration, agreement, will of control, and so on). The author discusses the stakeholder-led approach, the links between the engagement process and NDA strategy, and the perceived deliberative characteristic of the dialogue