Japan's quest for nuclear energy and the price it paid : accidents, consequences, and lessons learned for the global nuclear industry /

Japan's Quest for Nuclear Energy and the Price it has Paid: Accidents, Consequences, and Lessons Learned for the Global Nuclear Industry identifies major accidents in Japan that have happened at different stages of the nuclear fuel cycle in Japan, assesses the underlying causes of nuclear accid...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Behling, Noriko Hikosaka (Author), Behling, Thomas G. (Author), Williams, Mark C. (Author), Managi, Shunsuke (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2019.
Subjects:
Nuclear accidents > Japan.
Nuclear energy > Government policy > Japan.
Nuclear industry > Safety measures.
Accidents nucl�eaires > Japon.
�Energie nucl�eaire > Politique gouvernementale > Japon.
Industrie nucl�eaire > S�ecurit�e > Mesures.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Nuclear accidents.
Nuclear energy > Government policy.
Japan.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings : Japan aims high
  • Successes and failures of big national projects
  • Commercialization of the nuclear fuel cycle
  • The build-out of Japan's nuclear power industry
  • The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
  • Nuclear waste storage and disposal
  • Decommissioning nuclear facilities
  • Status and health of Japan's nuclear industry
  • Creating a viable zero-accident nuclear energy culture.
  • Appendices: Cancelled nuclear power reactors ; Impact of accident costs of cost of power (in MWh) ; Abbreviations and acronyms ; 2018 Code of Ethics from the Japan Atomic Energy Society ; Japan's nuclear energy policy (excerpts).

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