With Access to the Future

Abstract

Nuclear waste governance in the Netherlands has been almost permanently on the national government’s political agenda ever since the start of the Dutch nuclear energy program. The Dutch program was initiated by the U.S. Atoms for Peace program, which acted domestically as a guide in the development of the Dutch program. Nuclear waste became part of this nuclear program and, at certain points in time, the governance of nuclear waste itself became a hot topic, one that was fiercely disputed and much debated.