Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi

<p><em>Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi</em> is a timely and groundbreaking account of the disturbing landscape of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown amidst an earthquake and tsunami on Japan’s northeast coastline on March 11 2011. It provides riveting insights into the social and political landscape of nuclear power development in Japan which significantly contributed to the disaster; the flawed disaster management options taken; and the political technical and social reactions as the accident unfolded. In doing so it critically reflects on the implications for managing future nuclear disasters for effective and responsible regulation and good governance of controversial science and technology or technoscience and for the future of nuclear power itself both in Japan and internationally.</p><p>Informed by a leading cast of international scholars in science technology and society studies the book is at the forefront of discussing the Fukushima Daiichi disaster at the intersection of social environmental and energy security and good governance when such issues dominate global agendas for sustainable futures. Its powerful critique of the risks and hazards of nuclear energy alongside poor disaster management is an important counterbalance to the plans for nuclear build as central to sustainable energy in the face of climate change increasing extreme weather events and environmental problems and diminishing fossil fuel peak oil and rising electricity costs. </p><p>Adding significantly to the consideration and debate of these critical issues the book will interest academics policy-makers energy pundits public interest organizations citizens and students engaged variously with Fukushima itself disaster management political science environmental/energy policy and risk public health sociology public participation civil society activism new media sustainability and technology governance.</p>