‘Obstruction Galore’: A Case Study of Non-violent Resistance Against Nuclear Waste Disposal in Germany

Fischer, Corinna; Boehnke, Klaus

doi:10.1080/0964401042000209630

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“…Studies have found that activists persevere (Abramowitz & Nassi, 1981;Downton & Wehr, 1998;Einwohner, 2002;Fendrich, 1977;Fendrich & Smith, 1980;Fischer & Boehnke, 2004;Nassi & Abramowitz, 1979;Stewart, Settles, & Winter, 1998; Van Dyke & Dixon, 2013) more than non-activists through their activism (Fendrich & Lovoy, 1988;Fendrich & Tarleau, 1973;McAdam, 1989). In a study of 223 civil rights activists from 1965 that participated in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference led by Martin Luther King Jr., Marwell et al (1987) interviewed participants four years later, and again in 1984.…”

Section: Sustained Commitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The biographical consequences of protest and activism: a systematic review and a new typology

Vestergren

Drury

Chiriac

2016

Social Movement Studies

108

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Section: Sustained Commitmentmentioning

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The biographical consequences of protest and activism: a systematic review and a new typology

Vestergren

Drury

Chiriac

2016

Social Movement Studies

108

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“…Throughout this period there has been a continuing flow of case studies that have addressed resistance and stalemates against HLW disposal. Some examples are risk communication in the search for underground laboratory sites in France (Barthe and Mays 2001), the nonviolent resistance against radioactive waste disposal in Germany (Fischer and Boehnke 2004), psychological factors regarding HLW facility sitings in Japan (Tanaka 2004;Kugo et al 2008) and South Korea (Chung et al 2008), and the multiple causes of the ultimate failure of the Yucca Mountain project in the United States (Ewing and von Hippel 2009). Thus, a wide range of aspects of HLW management has continued to be scrutinized in the last 15 years.…”

Section: From Political Stalemate To Real Solutions?mentioning

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Three Decades of Social Science Research on High‐Level Nuclear Waste: Achievements and Future Challenges

Solomon

Andrén

Strandberg

2010

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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Research on high‐level nuclear waste management has focused on technical and scientific issues since the U.S. National Academy of Sciences first studied the problem in the mid‐1950s and recommended long‐term disposal in deep salt formations. In this review, we trace the development of the problem's definition and its associated research since socioeconomic, political, and policy issues were first given consideration and nuclear waste management became recognized as more than a technical problem. Three somewhat overlapping time periods can be identified. First, from the mid‐1970s to the early 1980s, initial research explored institutional dimensions of nuclear waste, among other subjects, while several countries attempted to officially solve the problem. The second period began in the early 1980s with a concerted effort to site nuclear waste repositories, and ended in the mid‐1990s with some progress in Sweden, Finland, and the United States, and general stalemate elsewhere. This period accelerated research on risk perception and stigma of nuclear waste, and elevated a focus on public trust. Special attention was given to repository siting conflicts in particular. The last period, since the mid‐1990s, has been characterized by failure and continuing political stalemate, with the major exception of Scandinavia, and increased attention to public participation, political systems, and international solutions. Questions of ethics have been given serious attention, while research on risk perceptions and siting conflicts continues. Thus, we see some signs of progress toward final disposal. We frame these periods in a broader context of the shifting role of applied social scientists. The paper concludes with a general discussion of this research area and prospects for future research.

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“…As commercial nuclear power entered its sixth decade in the mid-1990s, no country anywhere in the world, including Western Europe, had opened a repository for the final disposal of SNF and HLWs, or cleared the political and legal obstacles to doing so. Where European governments attempted to announce the selection of a repository site "from above," the resulting explosion of local and national opposition prompted either a quick retreat or, as in Germany, a protracted conflict that further galvanized the antinuclear movement (Fischer and Boehnke 2004). 11 More often, European governments simply avoided precipitous action, kicking the problem down the road for another government on another day.…”

Section: Siting In Limbo: Nuclear Power and Radioactive Waste Disposamentioning

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Waiting for the Nuclear Renaissance: Exploring the Nexus of Expansion and Disposal in Europe

Darst

Dawson

2010

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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This article focuses on the growing prospects for a nuclear power renaissance in Europe. While accepting the conventional wisdom that the incipient renaissance is being driven by climate change and energy security concerns, we argue that it would not be possible without the pioneering work of Sweden and Finland in providing a technological and sociopolitical solution to the industry's longstanding “Achilles' heel”: the safe, permanent, and locally acceptable disposal of high‐level radioactive waste. In this article, we track the long decline and sudden resurgence of nuclear power in Europe, examining the correlation between the fortunes of the industry and the emergence of the Swedish model for addressing the nuclear waste problem. Through an in‐depth exploration of the evolution of the siting model initiated in Sweden and adopted and successfully implemented in Finland, we emphasize the importance of transparency, trust, volunteerism, and “nuclear oases”: locations already host to substantial nuclear facilities. Climate change and concerns about energy independence and security have all opened the door for a revival of nuclear power in Europe and elsewhere, but we argue that without the solution to the nuclear waste quandary pioneered by Sweden and Finland, the industry would still be waiting for the nuclear renaissance.

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‘Obstruction Galore’: A Case Study of Non-violent Resistance Against Nuclear Waste Disposal in Germany

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

The biographical consequences of protest and activism: a systematic review and a new typology

The biographical consequences of protest and activism: a systematic review and a new typology

Three Decades of Social Science Research on High‐Level Nuclear Waste: Achievements and Future Challenges

Waiting for the Nuclear Renaissance: Exploring the Nexus of Expansion and Disposal in Europe

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