Waste Not Want Not? Australia and the Politics of High-level Nuclear Waste
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6234866 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Holland (0000-0002-2516-180X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 283-301 |
| Publication date | 2002-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361140220148151 |
| OpenAlex | W2088632181 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 13 |
During 1999 and 2000, Australian governments rejected a proposal put forward by Pangea Resources to place an international high-level radioactive waste repository somewhere on the Australian continent. The decision was marked by tensions between competing political objectives, and was driven partly by an unusual alliance between pro-uranium mining governments and anti-nuclear non-government organisations (NGOs). The article begins by placing Australia's current nuclear policies in historical context, focusing on the stances taken by the major political parties. The second section briefly describes the Pangea proposal and the Australian response. The third section considers why Australia might have reacted differently. The fourth section critically reviews some of the reasons why the Pangea proposal elicited such hostility. Finally, the article discusses key policy barriers to the proposal, concluding that these are unlikely to disappear and that as a result Pangea and any other similar organisations would have little chance of pursuing their objectives in Australia
Alliance · Archaeology · Business · Context (archaeology · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Radioactive waste · Section (typography · Sociology · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · History · Law · Nuclear and radioactivity studies · Public Administration · Risk Perception and Management
In Fairness to Future Generations
Burying Uncertainty
Myth-Making, Moral Communities, and Policy Failure in Solving the Radioactive Waste Problem
Accountability and Governance under the New Regulatory State
Consultation, Constraints and Norms
Environmental Philosophy
Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects
Policy Design and the Acceptability of Environmental Risks
Using Non‐Governmental Resources to Foster Regulatory Compliance
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2019 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |