The ENTRIA Project

Selected Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research Topics

authored by: Klaus Jürgen Röhlig, Peter Hocke, Ulrich Smeddinck, Clemens Walther
Abstract: ENTRIA (“Disposal Options for Radioactive Residues: Interdisciplinary Analyses and Development of Evaluation Principles”, www.entria.de) is a joint research project carried out by twelve de-partments and institutes from German universities and major research institutions and one partner from Switzerland. It is financed by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Scien-tists representing natural sciences, civil engineering, philosophy, law, social and political sciences, and technology assessment carry out disciplinary and interdisciplinary research addressing three options to manage especially high-level radioactive waste: • Final disposal in deep geological formations without any arrangements for retrieval, • disposal in deep geological formations with arrangements for monitoring and retrieval, and • (prolonged) surface (or near-surface) storage. In the paper, the following selected research topics – both disciplinary and interdisciplinary – are briefly introduced in order to provide an impression of the project scope: • Surface storage, • reference concepts for emplacement in deep geological formations with retrievability and monitoring, • radiation exposure and justification of measures, • interdisciplinary perspectives on dose limits, • comparative studies on nuclear waste governance, • nuclear waste governance in Switzerland, • public involvement and the German Site Selection Act, and • citizens’ jury.
Organisation(s): Centre for Radiation Protection and Radioecology
External Organisation(s): Clausthal University of Technology
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Type: Article
Journal: Mining Report
Volume: 151
Pages: 188-199
No. of pages: 12
ISSN: 2195-6529
Publication date: 2015
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology, Energy (miscellaneous), Geochemistry and Petrology, Economic Geology
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy