House of Commons - Devil's bargain? Energy risks and the public

Science and Technology Committee - First Report
Devil's bargain? Energy risks and the public

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 27 June 2012.

Contents

2 Nuclear energy risk perceptions

Significant nuclear incidents

Support for nuclear energy

International differences

The science of risk perception

3 Risk communication and dialogue

Risk information for the public

Government

Regulators

The media

The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale

Radiation exposure thresholds

Public engagement in planning processes

Risk perceptions at existing nuclear sites

Planning processes

4 New energy technologies

Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

5 Conclusions

Conclusions and recommendations

Glossary

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and written evidence

Additional (unprinted) Written evidence