Making the future in the present: using Science and Technology Studies to reflect on 40 years of research in the HADES Underground Research Laboratory
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| author | Geysmans, Robbe Silvikko De Villafranca, Marika Meskens, Gaston |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1425952024-07-25T10:52:57Z Making the future in the present: using Science and Technology Studies to reflect on 40 years of research in the HADES Underground Research Laboratory Geysmans, Robbe Silvikko De Villafranca, Marika Meskens, Gaston thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology Published The timeframes involved in nuclear waste management often speak to the imagination, and even transcend it: what does it mean to isolate and contain human-made materials for periods up to hundreds of thousands or even a million years? In this article, we reflect on the role played by the HADES Underground Research Laboratory in making the distant future comprehensible today. Our argument starts by focusing on the pioneering role HADES played and plays in knowledge production on geological disposal. It highlights the heterogeneous nature of scientific experiments and experiences, and the performative role these play in defining matters of concern for research and development. Second, attention is directed to how HADES contributes to the defining of what is considered possible and imaginable, and how it therefore not only renders the future more predictable, but also contributes to the making of that future. We end the paper with a reflection on the implications of what ‘making the future’ could entail from an ethical perspective, discussing how the intergenerational responsibilities that come with these future-making capacities could be handled. 2024-07-25T10:52:53Z 2024-07-25T10:52:53Z 2023-01-09 chapter 9781786205933 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/142595 eng Geological Society Special Publications application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.1144/SP536-2022-21 Geological Society of London Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste in Deep Clay Formations: 40 Years of RD&D in the Belgian URL HADES https://doi.org/10.1144/SP536-2022-21 The timeframes involved in nuclear waste management often speak to the imagination, and even transcend it: what does it mean to isolate and contain human-made materials for periods up to hundreds of thousands or even a million years? In this article, we reflect on the role played by the HADES Underground Research Laboratory in making the distant future comprehensible today. Our argument starts by focusing on the pioneering role HADES played and plays in knowledge production on geological disposal. It highlights the heterogeneous nature of scientific experiments and experiences, and the performative role these play in defining matters of concern for research and development. Second, attention is directed to how HADES contributes to the defining of what is considered possible and imaginable, and how it therefore not only renders the future more predictable, but also contributes to the making of that future. We end the paper with a reflection on the implications of what ‘making the future’ could entail from an ethical perspective, discussing how the intergenerational responsibilities that come with these future-making capacities could be handled. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP536-2022-21 0742c201-37ab-44ae-8f4e-a768089f313c fa1cba04-9782-4da9-985d-e8f3cc9d75d2 9781786205933 536 311-320 Bath, UK open access |
| spellingShingle | thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology Geysmans, Robbe Silvikko De Villafranca, Marika Meskens, Gaston Making the future in the present: using Science and Technology Studies to reflect on 40 years of research in the HADES Underground Research Laboratory |
| title | Making the future in the present: using Science and Technology Studies to reflect on 40 years of research in the HADES Underground Research Laboratory |
| title_full | Making the future in the present: using Science and Technology Studies to reflect on 40 years of research in the HADES Underground Research Laboratory |
| title_fullStr | Making the future in the present: using Science and Technology Studies to reflect on 40 years of research in the HADES Underground Research Laboratory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making the future in the present: using Science and Technology Studies to reflect on 40 years of research in the HADES Underground Research Laboratory |
| title_short | Making the future in the present: using Science and Technology Studies to reflect on 40 years of research in the HADES Underground Research Laboratory |
| title_sort | making the future in the present using science and technology studies to reflect on 40 years of research in the hades underground research laboratory |
| topic | thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology |
| topic_facet | thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology |
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