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Il existe au sein des theories et des pratiques de la gouvernance democratique une tendance dominante qui trouve son origine dans la pensee dialogique contemporaine, celle de Habermas en particulier, et dans une moindre mesure, celle de Latour et Callon. Les modeles dialogiques se distinguent par le privilege qu'ils accordent a des degres divers a la discussion et a l'entente, au risque de favoriser les dispositifs institutionnels de democratie deliberative et participative, tels que le debat public ou la conference de citoyen. Le modele de la democratie constructive apparait en comparaison comme une voie alternative qui permet de combler certaines lacunes des modeles dialogiques. Le modele de la democratie constructive peut s'appliquer au sein de la gouvernance de la technique dans les secteurs ou la tendance dialogique est manifeste et ou elle tend a conforter une forme de << technocratie eclairee >>. Le dispositif du projet europeen Cowam-in-Practice (CIP) propose une experimentation inspiree par la democratie constructive dans la gestion des dechets radioactifs, issus pour l'essentiel de l'exploitation des centrales nucleaires. La voie de la democratie constructive mise a l'epreuve dans ce processus technique et social complexe vise une transformation du systeme de relations entre acteurs ainsi qu'une consolidation de l'autonomie tant heuristique que strategique de la societe civile., Introduction Il existe des domaines de la technique qui ne sont pas spontanement enclins a une forme d'ouverture democratique a la societe, pour des raisons liees a leur developpement historique, [...]

The PREPARE project aimed closing gaps identified in nuclear and radiological preparedness in Europe following the first evaluation of the Fukushima disaster. With 46 partners from Europe and Japan, it collected the key players in the area of emergency management and rehabilitation preparedness. Starting from February 2013, the project ended in January 2016. Among others, the project reviewed existing operational procedures for long-lasting releases, cross-border problems in radiation monitoring and food safety and further developed missing functionalities in decision support systems ranging from improved source term estimation and dispersion modelling to the inclusion of hydrological pathways for European water bodies. In addition, a so-called Analytical Platform has been developed to explore the scientific and operational means to improve information collection, information exchange and the evaluation of such types of disasters. The tools developed within the project will be partly integrated into the decision support systems ARGOS and JRODOS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The PREPARE project that started in February 2013 and will end at the beginning of 2016 aims to close gaps that have been identified in nuclear and radiological preparedness in Europe following the first evaluation of the Fukushima disaster. Among others, the project will address the review of existing operational procedures for dealing with long-lasting releases and crossborder problems in radiation monitoring and food safety and further develop missing functionalities in decision support systems (DSS) ranging from improved source-term estimation and dispersion modelling to the inclusion of hydrological pathways for European water bodies. In addition, a so-called Analytical Platform will be developed exploring the scientific and operational means to improve information collection, information exchange and the evaluation of such types of disasters. The tools developed within the project will be partly integrated into the two DSS ARGOS and RODOS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]