2020 Volume 2020 Issue 1 Pages 33-44
Trust, distributive justice, and procedural justice are seen as salient factors in the social acceptance of HLW management policy. Trust is indispensable in the acceptance of HLW facilities that may entail long-lasting, uncertain risks and impacts on human health and the environment. Issues relating to justice are intrinsic to HLW management concerning the allocation of benefits and burdens between communities and between generations. This study examines the relationship between the three factors by focusing on the UK's Public and Stakeholder Engagement (PSE) program implemented in the decision-making process. The program provides an excellent foundation to examine the relationship between the three factors, as the program showed different results in terms of trust-building at the national and local levels. This study reviews justice issues raised before and during the PSE process and how those issues were addressed. The results demonstrate the changing interactive relationship between trust, procedural justice, and distributive justice depending on the different national and local contexts in which HLW management policy takes place.
