The fukushima daiichi nuclear power station disaster : investigating the myth and reality /

The fukushima daiichi nuclear power station disaster : investigating the myth and reality /

"When the Nuclear Safety Commission in Japan reviewed safety-design guidelines for nuclear plants in 1990, the regulatory agency explicitly ruled out the need to consider prolonged AC power loss. In other words, nothing like the catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was pos...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Nihon Saiken Inishiatibu. Fukushima Genpatsu Jiko Dokuritsu Kenshō Iinkai
Other Authors: Bricker, Mindy Kay (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Earthscan from Routledge, 2014.
Subjects:
Disaster relief > Japan > Fukushima-ken.
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.
Nuclear power plants > Accidents > Investigation > Japan > Fukushima-ken.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Nuclear.
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Table of Contents:
  • A Fukushima Diary, March 11-16, 2011
  • Nuclear Energy Development in Japan
  • The Safety Myth
  • Actors in Japanese Nuclear Safety Governance
  • International Safety
  • Accident Preparedness and Operation
  • Impact of Radioactive Material Released into the Environment
  • Communicating the Fukushima Disaster
  • US-Japan Relationship
  • Lessons of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident and the Quest for Resilience.

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