Reflections on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Toward Social-Scientific Literacy and Engineering Resilience
Author: Joonhong Ahn, Cathryn Carson, Mikael Jensen, Kohta Juraku, Shinya Nagasaki, Satoru Tanak
Published by Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 978-3-319-12089-8
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12090-4

Table of Contents:

Integrating Social-Scientific Literacy in Nuclear Engineering Education
Event Sequence of the Fukushima Daiichi Accident
Analysis of Radioactive Release from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Environmental Contamination and Decontamination After Fukushima Daiichi Accident
Long-Term Energy and Environmental Strategies
Impact of Fukushima Daiichi Accident on Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Spent Fuel Management
Political Impact of the Fukushima Daiichi Accident in Europe
Where Was the Weakness in Application of Defense-in-Depth Concept and Why?
Ethics, Risk and Safety Culture
The “Structural Disaster” of the Science-Technology-Society Interface
Three Mile Island and Fukushima
Implications and Lessons for Advanced Reactor Design and Operation
Understanding the Health Impacts and Risks of Exposure to Radiation
Nuclear Safety Regulation in Japan and Impacts of the Fukushima Daiichi Accident
Radioactive Waste Management After Fukushima Daiichi Accident
From Fukushima to the World
Students’ Reflections
Educating the Post-Fukushima Nuclear Engineer
Reflections on Developing an Identity for the Third Generation Nuclear Engineer in the Post-Fukushima Society
Nuclear Engineers for Society: What Education can do

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