Nuclear energy is connected to injustices, such as uneven distribution of environmental pollution and health risk during uranium extraction and electricity generation as well as between generations, due to the absence of reliable solutions for nuclear waste disposal in most countries that utilize nuclear energy. Nevertheless, Lucas Schwarz and Achim Brunnengräber argue that it is necessary to focus on how disposal can be carried out justly because nuclear waste is an undeniable certainty and societal risk that has to be dealt with. They therefore propose a two-fold perspective by drawing on the Modes of Existence as presented by Bruno Latour: Firstly, Schwarz and Brunnengräber consider notions of Environmental Justice to enable a just handling of nuclear waste. Secondly, they consider individuality by taking basic human values into account. Schwarz and Brunnengräber argue that this two-fold perspective can help to properly recognize notions of recognition within the framework of Environmental Justice, thus to understand better how and why people perceive justice differently

Schwarz L., Brunnengräber A. (2023): Now it's getting personal - Considering nuclear waste justice from an environmental and individual perspective. In: Schmidt M., Middendorf S. L., Purwins S., Walter C. (ed.), The Plurality of Political Ecology. Proceedings of the second augsburger.forschungswerkstatt. University of Augsburg. 27-35.