Description |
1 online resource (viii, 145 pages) : illustrations |
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Palgrave pivot |
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Palgrave pivot.
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Contents |
Introduction: The nuclear back-story -- Fukushima: the immediate impacts -- Reactions in Japan and across Asia -- Reactions in Continental Europe -- Reactions in the UK -- The US and the rest of the world -- Analysis: political, economic and technological issues -- Reactions to Fukushima: contestation and trust -- Conclusions: The lessons of Fukushima -- End notes: Nuclear Technology and its heath impacts |
Summary |
The Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 led Japan, and many other countries, to change their energy policies. Following Germany's example, some adopted nuclear phase-out plans, focusing instead on renewable energy . Even heavily nuclear-reliant France began to consider a phase-out, and some developing countries in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific area rethought their nuclear plans. David Elliott reviews the disaster and its global impacts, looking in detail at public and governmental reactions as the scale of the disaster became clear, and at the social, environmental, economic, technological and political implications in Japan and worldwide. He asks whether growing opposition to nuclear power around the world spells the end of the global nuclear renaissance |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-138) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
SUBJECT |
Kernkraftwerk Fukushima gnd |
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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.
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Nuclear energy -- Government policy.
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Nuclear energy -- Environmental aspects
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Nuclear power & engineering -- Japan.
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Comparative politics -- Japan.
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Pollution & threats to the environment -- Japan.
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Nuclear issues -- Japan.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- Nuclear.
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Technology.
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Nuclear energy -- Environmental aspects
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Nuclear energy -- Government policy
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Kerntechnischer Unfall
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Auswirkung
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Kerntechnische Industrie
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Nuclear power & engineering -- Japan.
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Comparative politics -- Japan.
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Pollution & threats to the environment -- Japan.
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Nuclear issues -- Japan.
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Technology.
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Japan
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781137274335 |
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1137274336 |
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9781137274342 |
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1137274344 |
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1349445630 |
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9781349445639 |
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