Stakeholders in the process to find a long-term solution for radioactive waste in Denmark

The main collaborators of Ministry of Higher Education and Science include:

• Danish Commissioning
• Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

Inter-ministerial working group

In 2016-2018, an inter-ministerial working group was handling the preparation of policy recommendations to be discussed by Danish Parliament. The proceedings of the working group form part of the Government's internal policy-making process and hence are treated as confidential. The members of the working group are:

• The Ministry of Higher Education and Science
• The Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Health
• The Ministry of Environment and Food
• Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate
• Ministry of Defence
• Danish Emergency Management Agency
• Danish Environmental Protection Agency
• Danish Nature Agency
• Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science
• Danish Health Authority, Radiation Protection

Danish Decommissioning and Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland are also participating in the inter-ministerial working group.

Contact forum

Furthermore, a contact forum was established in 2016 to facilitate communication between core stakeholders in the continuing process to identify and locate a concept for a long-term solution for radioactive waste. Members of the contact forum include:

• Representatives from concerned citizens' groups: Concerned Citizens' Group for The Safe Management of Denmarks' Radioactive Waste, Veddelev Citizens' and Landowners' Association (the latter group represents interests of the public in Roskilde Municipality where Danish Decommissioning is located)

• Representatives from NGOs: Danish Nature Conservation Society, Greenpeace Denmark and NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark

• Local Government Denmark
• Danish Regions
• Representatives from the regulating agencies: Danish Health Authorities (Radiation Protection) and Danish Emergency Management Agency
• Danish Decommissioning
• Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
• Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science

Panel of independent experts

A panel of scholars from Danish universities has been formed to facilitate replies to technical questions from the general public. The members of the panel have been selected by The Danish Council for Independent Research which provides independent scientific counselling to the Danish Government.

The fields covered by the panel are:

Nuclear Physics/Nuclear Energy - panel member:

• Centre Director Søren Pape Møller (Aarhus University)

Treatment of Radioactive Waste - panel member:

• Associate Professor Steffen Foss Hansen (Technical University of Denmark)

Health Physics/Radiation Protection - panel member:

• Medical Physicist Henrik Bluhme (Aarhus University Hospital)

Environmental Assessment - panel member:

• Professor Karsten Høgh Jensen (University of Copenhagen)

Environmental Law - panel member:

• Professor Peter Pagh (University of Copenhagen)

Public Governance - panel member:

• Professor Vibeke Lehmann (Aarhus University)

General Ethics - panel member:

• Professor Hanne Andersen (University of Copenhagen)