Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk [electronic resource] /
Nadesan, M.author.
Majia Holmer Nadesan analyzes the Fukushima nuclear disaster and its radiological aftermath for the citizens of Japan and elsewhere in the context of historical and contemporary understandings of radiation-caused health and reproductive effects.
""Cover ""; ""Half-Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Introduction to Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk""; ""2 Why Nuclear Power""; ""Nuclear energy and Atoms for Peace""; ""Japan joins the nuclear club""; ""Japan and the security of nuclear deterrence""; ""Nuclear and the privatization of risk""; ""3 Fukushima Disaster""; ""Timeline""; ""March atmospheric releases""; ""Crisis communications and evacuations in Japan""; ""Contamination""; ""Japanese children""; ""Plant workers at Daiichi""; ""Ocean contamination""
""Fallout in North America""""Ongoing fallout fears in Japan""; ""Risk, accountability, and responsibility""; ""4 Radiation Effects""; ""Central debates about radiation safety""; ""Atomic energy: discovery, deployment, research""; ""Debating the effects of ionizing radiation:1960sâ€?present period""; ""The politics of radiation research""; ""5 Conclusion""; ""Index""
Includes index.
Majia Holmer Nadesan analyzes the Fukushima nuclear disaster and its radiological aftermath for the citizens of Japan and elsewhere in the context of historical and contemporary understandings of radiation-caused health and reproductive effects.
Ethnology—Asia.
Sociology.
Asia—Politics and government.
Environmental policy.
Political economy.
Economic development.
Asian Culture.
Sociology, general.
Asian Politics.
Environmental Politics.
International Political Economy.
Development Studies.