Abstract
This collection includes reports and speeches as well as the question-and-answer sessions that took place at the Second Public Dialogue on Nuclear Energy, Society and Security, organized and held on April 21–22, 2008 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Dialogue participants included Russian federal, regional and local government officials and public organizations, other Russian government agencies, non-governmental and media organizations, as well as representatives from scientific research and design institutes, managers and experts in the country’s fuel and energy sector. International representatives involved experts from governmental and nongovernmental organizations in nuclear and alternative energy sources and nuclear nonproliferation, members of the G8 Global Partnership governments. The presentations at this conference provide an assessment of the key risks of civil nuclear facilities and the military facilities that have been phased out (including nuclear submarines) and radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel management. They also address options for resolving today’s key problems in the safe use of nuclear technology, including offering policies with regard to the environmental safety of using nuclear energy, and reaching an agreement with the public on various aspects of nuclear and alternative energy developments.
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