원자력발전소관련 환경영향평가 비교연구 -일반대중(public)의 참여를 중심으로-

Korean Environmental Impact Assessment Act provides public notice-public perusal-presentation-public hearing procedures to gather community opinions. To be more specific, gathering consensus from residents(Art.13), Omission of procedures for gathering consensus from residents(Art. 14), further gathering of consensus from residents(15) for strategic environmental impact assessment, 25, 26 for environmental impact assessment are specified in the law. IAEA's NES series 'Managing Environmental Impact Assessment For Construction and Operation in New Nuclear Power Program' suggest public participation as early as siting stage. Aarhus Convention includes an inclusive definition of the environmental information, proactive information disclosure. Broad participation of stockholders at the stage of the environmental policy-making stage is ensured. Aarhus Convention lead to the GMO Amendment as well as Kyiv Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers in 2009. Although Korean Environmental Impact Assessment Act includes 4 steps of public participation, still there are many difficulties in gathering information on highly technical documents and understanding it. Community center acting as clearinghouse is also needed. From the law New-Gori Unit 5,6 construction revocation suit, general public demands are high on the degree of the right to know. Especially, EIA reports for Nuclear Power Plants should be open to the public throughout the stage. Public participation in the preparation, modification or review of “plans and programmes relating to the environment” should be guaranteed broadly and accordingly as Korean nuclear energy technology grows.