Nuclear Science and Technology Studies

A full understanding of the benefits and risks of current and emerging nuclear technologies and applications of radioactivity requires a thorough reflection on their context of development and application. This calls for a transdisciplinary approach, where natural and social sciences meet, and multiple disciplines (nuclear physics, radiation protection, radioecology, ethics, sociology, psychology, communication, political science, law, decision sciences, economy) are integrated and combined. Such an approach aims at performing a genuine justification exercise and favours the pursuit of robust and transparent policies that account for societal concerns.

The broader framework for the activities of the unit Nuclear Science and Technology Studies, is to create an integrative understanding of the origins, dynamics and consequences of science and technology.

We address a number of thematic areas whereby focus is laid on:

• Safeguards, providing technical support to the verification of the peaceful use of nuclear materials and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.

• Societal aspects of nuclear science and technology connected to the use of radioactivity and nuclear technologies along the entire fuel cycle.

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