Participation of the public in the nuclear policy of the ex-USSR

The specialists consider that two conclusions from the dramatic experience of recent years are of great importance: despite all the negative results of the first experiments, the participation of the population in decision-making in the field of nuclear policy is a positive factor protecting the society from voluntarism and any mistaken decision made by a narrow group of persons. To achieve the civilized participation in such decisions is very difficult, because of the absence of a law on atomic energy, which must in addition ensure the participation of citizens in the formulation of state policy concerning the use of atomic energy. The nuclear society drafted its own version of such a law and has strived for two years to pass it