UID:
almahu_9949711337902882
Format:
1 online resource (360 pages) :
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illustrations (some color), tables
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-76046-140-7
Content:
Learning from Fukushima began as a project to respond in a helpful way to the March 2011 triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown) in north-eastern Japan. It evolved into a collaborative and comprehensive investigation of whether nuclear power was a realistic energy option for East Asia, especially for the 10 member-countries of ASEAN, none of which currently has an operational nuclear power plant. We address all the questions that a country must ask in considering the possibility of nuclear power, including cost of construction, staffing, regulation and liability, decommissioning, disposal of nuclear waste, and the impact on climate change. The authors are physicists, engineers, biologists, a public health physician, and international relations specialists. Each author presents the results of their work.
Note:
Intro -- Figures -- Tables -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction: Nuclear energy in Asia -- Part I The state of the nuclear industry -- 1. Nuclear energy policy issues in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear accident -- 2. The French exception: The French nuclear power industry and its influence on political plans to transition to a new energy system -- 3. Energy subsidies: Global estimates, causes of variance, and gaps for the nuclear fuel cycle -- Part II Country studies -- 4. A new normal? The changing future of nuclear energy in China -- 5. Protesting policy and practice in South Korea's nuclear energy industry -- 6. Control or manipulation? Nuclear power in Taiwan -- 7. Enhancing nuclear energy cooperation in ASEAN: Regional norms and challenges -- Part III The real costs of going nuclear -- 8. Health implications of ionising radiation -- 9. Nuclear energy and its ecological byproducts: Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima -- Part IV A post-nuclear future -- 10. Decommissioning nuclear power reactors -- 11. Sustainable energy options -- 12. Lessons of Fukushima: Nine reasons why.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-76046-139-3
Language:
English
