Acceptance of risky projects by the public: the case of a repository for nuclear waste

1
Acceptance of risky projects by the public the
case of a repository for nuclear waste

• What makes a project acceptable to local
  stakeholders?
• How to improve the odds of acceptance by local
  stakeholders
• The final message

2
What makes a project acceptable to local
stakeholders?

• No compensations but a fair share as an enabled
  stakeholder
• Not scientific assurances but true understanding
• No appeal to the public interest but The
  possibility for local stakeholders to insert a
  project into their own life-plan their interests
  and enjoyment of life, their ambitions, dreams
  and expectations

3
The perverse effect of the compensation strategy

• In order to qualify for a maximum of
  compensations a project should look as damaging,
  unsafe and obstructing as possible

4
Fair share

• The notion of stakeholder an insider with full
  rights who benefits in equal measure
• The notion of local or personal stakeholder
• They take it personally
• They are not to the point
• They only consider their personal interests
• They lack expertise
• From stuckholder to stakeholder

5
Nobody is impressed by technological feats anymore
6
The public interest is a medieval notion
7
How to improve the odds of acceptance by local
stakeholders

• The possibility for local stakeholders to insert
  a project into their own life-plan their
  interests and enjoyment of life, their ambitions,
  dreams and expectations
• How should a project look like to make this
  possible?

8
Flexibility

• Engineering projects tend to be mono-functional
• Engineering projects are often uninspired
• Engineering projects are closed to their
  environment

Creative design
Transparency
9
Flexibility the capacity of a project to fulfil
diverse needs on several dimensions
10
Flexibel relations
Flexibel rooms
11
Flexibel tools
Flexibel spaces
12
Creative design in storage ?
13
Creative design in storage
14
Openness
15
Transparency
16
The final message

• There is hope people show great ingenuity in
  finding alternative usages or functions beyond
  and instead of the original purpose

17
A car is for driving A barrel is no home A dump
is no sanctuary A phone is for calling