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Record Nr.

UNISA996197396403316

Titolo

Reflections on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident : Toward Social-Scientific Literacy and Engineering Resilience / / Editors, Joonhong Ahn, Cathryn Carson, Mikael Jensen, Kohta Juraku, Shinya Nagasaki, Satoru Tanaka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , [2015]

©2015

Edizione

[1st edition 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 454 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

621.48

Soggetti

Social sciences

Nuclear Energy

Environmental Science and Engineering

Social Sciences, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Understanding the accident and its consequences -- Etiology -- Lessons learned: Basis for moving forward -- Students’ reflections -- Education in future.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on nuclear engineering education in the post-Fukushima era. It was edited by the organizers of the summer school held in August 2011 in University of California, Berkeley, as part of a collaborative program between the University of Tokyo and UC Berkeley. Motivated by the particular relevance and importance of social-scientific approaches to various crucial aspects of nuclear technology, special emphasis was placed on integrating nuclear science and engineering with social science. The book consists of the lectures given in 2011 summer school and additional chapters that cover developments in the past three years since the accident. It provides an arena for discussions to find and create a renewed platform for engineering practices, and thus nuclear engineering education, which are essential in the post-Fukushima era for nurturing nuclear engineers



who need to be both technically competent and trusted in society.