Transparency of Nuclear Regulatory Activities Workshop proceedings - Tokyo and Tokai-Mura, Japan, 22-24 May 2007

One of the main missions of nuclear regulators is to protect the public, and this cannot be completely achieved without public confidence. The more a regulatory process is transparent, the more such confidence will grow. Despite important cultural differences across countries, a number of common fea...

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Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Nuclear Energy Agency
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2007
Series:Nuclear Regulation
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:One of the main missions of nuclear regulators is to protect the public, and this cannot be completely achieved without public confidence. The more a regulatory process is transparent, the more such confidence will grow. Despite important cultural differences across countries, a number of common features characterise media and public expectations regarding any activity with an associated risk. This workshop identified a common understanding of transparency and main stakeholders' expectations together with a number of conditions and practices aimed at improving the transparency of nuclear regulatory activities
Physical Description:316 p. 20 x 27cm
ISBN:9789264040960