The ethics of nuclear energy : risk, justice and democracy in the post-Fukushima era /

Despite the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, a growing number of countries are interested in expanding or introducing nuclear energy. However, nuclear energy production and nuclear waste disposal give rise to pressing ethical questions that society needs to face. This book t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Taebi, Behnam, Roeser, Sabine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Kernkraftwerk Fukushima
Nuclear accidents > Risk assessment.
Nuclear industry > Moral and ethical aspects.
Nuclear energy > Moral and ethical aspects.
Nuclear engineering > Moral and ethical aspects.
Nuclear energy > Government policy.
Electronic books.
Accidents nucléaires > Évaluation du risque.
Industrie nucléaire > Aspect moral.
Énergie nucléaire > Aspect moral.
Génie nucléaire > Aspect moral.
Énergie nucléaire > Politique gouvernementale.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Electronic books
Nuclear energy > Government policy
Nuclear energy > Moral and ethical aspects
Nuclear industry > Moral and ethical aspects
Kerntechnischer Unfall
Kernenergie
Ausstieg
Politische Ethik
Wirtschaftsethik
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The ethics of nuclear energy: an introduction / Behnam Taebi and Sabine Roeser
  • Part 1: Risk.
  • 2. Nuclear energy and the ethics of radiation protection / Sven Ove Hansson
  • 3. The unknowable ceilings of safety: three ways that nuclear accidents escape the calculus of risk assessments / John Downer
  • 4. Rights to know and the Fukushima, Chernobyl, and Three Mile Island accidents / Kristin Shrader-Frechette
  • 5. Gender, ethical voices, and UK nuclear energy policy in the post-Fukushima era / Karen Henwood and Nick Pidgeon
  • Part 2: Justice.
  • 6. The need for a public "explosion" in the ethics of radiological protection, especially for nuclear power / Stephen M. Gardiner
  • 7. Distributive versus procedural justice in nuclear waste repository siting / Pius Krütli [and others]
  • 8. Nuclear energy, justice, and power: the case of the pilgrim nuclear power station license renewal / Bindu Panikkar and Ronald Sandler
  • 9. Non-anthropocentric nuclear energy ethics / John Nolt
  • Part 3: Democracy.
  • 10. Morally experimenting with nuclear energy / Ibo van de Poel
  • 11. Global nuclear energy and international security / Thomas E. Doyle, II
  • 12. Nuclear energy, the capability approach, and the developing world / Paolo Gardoni and Colleen Murphy
  • 13. The role of nuclear energy in the future energy landscape: energy scenarios, nuclear energy, and sustainability / Rafaela Hillerbrand.

Ejemplares similares