In the case of major and complex technological decisions in our time, such as that on nuclear power, it is sometimes said that the public is unable to make a full evaluation on its own and needs to trust some established professional and political mechanism instead. Jan M. Döderlein of the Institutt for Atomenergi, Norway, comments on the roles of the professionals and the nuclear critics.
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Döderlein, J. Nuclear power, public interest and the professional. Nature 264, 202–203 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264202a0
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