Stakeholder Participation in the Environmental Cleanup of Radioactive Wastes in the United Kingdom, Japan and United States

We review stakeholder participation with environmental cleanup from radioactive wastes in the three countries of the UK, Japan and the US. In the UK, the issue is centered around effective citizen participation with the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). In Japan, where there are various stakeholders and decision makers involved, the issues become an effective division of labor among participants and a better representation of different perspectives in the deliberation process. In the US, the issue is focused on citizens encouraging Federal agencies to resolve their differences in the criteria to determine compliance with the closure of high-level radioactive waste tanks. (authors)