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Learning from Fukushima : Nuclear Power in East Asia.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (386 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781760461409
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Learning from FukushimaDDC classification:
  • 621.48
LOC classification:
  • TK1078 .L437 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: This book 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.
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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.

This book 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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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