誰的風險？誰的管制與檢測標準？蘭嶼核廢料爭議之研究

News media have reported that a researcher detected cobalt 60 and cesium 137 near the nuclear waste repository on Orchid Island in November 2011. This research combined the theoretical perspectives of environmental justice and science and technology studies (STS) to explore risk assessment and the regulatory controversies related to nuclear waste, and how citizen action challenges official scientific claims and problems of environmental injustice. The case highlights the risk knowledge gap, the interplay of multiple injustices, and the problem of undone science. Different generations of indigenous antinuclear waste activists on Orchid Island have collaborated with expert activists and antinuclear organizations to form hybrid antinuclear alliances. These groups took action to express their demands and challenged official regulatory standards and test methods. The complex interest network of nuclear regulatory and research institutions has weakened the credibility of scientific knowledge production and the release of risk information. Institutional design must empower local indigenous people to play a critical role in knowledge production and nuclear waste governance and health risk assessment to seek a solution that is responsive to the local social and cultural rationales and distributive equity.