Fukushima
Subtitle: the end of nuclear energy?
By: Séan McDonagh
Publisher: Columba Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Blackrock [Ireland]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781856077842
Subjects: Nuclear reactor accidents; Earthquake effects; Nuclear energy; Catholic Church; Accidents; Nuclear power plants
Other titles: Fukushima :
Description: Nuclear energy was harnessed for civil and military use less than 60 years ago. Ever since it has been a source great debate. While the nuclear industry has provided cheap energy to many countries in the world it has also been the source of environmental disasters and untold damage to the planet for generations to come. All of this came to a head with the disaster at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in March 2011 in the wake of the Japanese Tsunami. This event and the response to it have led to a reassessment of the Nuclear programmes in most of the worlds nuclear powers. In this book Fr Sean McDonagh looks at the responses and reactions to the Fukushima disaster, the implications it has had for the worlds nuclear powers, the reaction of the Church to the nuclear industry, and the implications for the growing pro-nuclear lobby in Ireland.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The accident at Fukushima; title: The fallout; title: The impact of Fukushima on other countries; title: Light touch regulation; title: Nuclear power : a history of cover-ups, deception and incompetence; title: The real cost of nuclear power; title: Nuclear waster; title: Nuclear power or renewable energy; title: The Catholic Church and nuclear power.