European Churches and the Energy Issue: Official Statements, Reports, Comments, 1975–1979; Nuclear Power and Public Policy: The Social and Ethical Problems of Fission Technology; The Nuclear Barons; Nuclear Energy and the Environment Environmental Sciences and Applications, Volume II

1982 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.V. Hesketh
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Energy Issue ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Global nuclear energy: an uncertain future

AIMS Energy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1027-1042
Author(s):  
Patrick Moriarty ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Fusion Reactors ◽  
Nuclear Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Breeder Reactors ◽  
Uncertain Future

<abstract> <p>Nuclear energy currently accounts for a declining share of global electricity, but it is possible that rising concerns about global climate change and China's ambitious nuclear program could reverse this trend. This review attempts to assess the global future of nuclear power, showing how the optimistic forecasts in the early days of nuclear power have been replaced by far more modest forecasts. The review first discusses the controversies surrounding nuclear power. It then briefly examines the prospects for three proposed reactors of the future: Small Modular Reactors; Generation IV breeder reactors; fusion reactors. It finally discusses the social and political context for nuclear power, both today and in the future.</p> </abstract>

scholarly journals Participação pública em políticas energéticas em debate: estudo de caso em torno da energia nuclear no Brasil

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Camelo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Nuclear Power Generation ◽  
Nuclear Program ◽  
Social Studies Of Science ◽  
The Social ◽  
Legislative Proposals ◽  
The Subject

Fundamentado nos Estudos Sociais da Ciência e da Tecnologia e em estudos sobre participação pública em controvérsias sociotécnicas, este artigo analisa recentes propostas legislativas que sugerem condicionar algumas atividades do setor nuclear para a geração de energia a consulta popular, por meio de plebiscito. Nosso objetivo é compreender de que forma essa participação é concebida, sobretudo em relação ao futuro do Programa Nuclear Brasileiro. Dentre os principais resultados, chama atenção a possibilidade de engajamento da sociedade ser apagada ou vedada em alguns casos; a forte centralização da tomada de decisão e a desqualificação do instrumento participativo, e a defesa de que o poder de decisão e deliberação continue restrito ao Estado mesmo quando o assunto é de interesse direto da população.Palavras-chave: Política energética; Participação pública; Energia nuclear; Plebiscito; Futuro energéticoBased on the Social Studies of Science and Technology and Studies on Public Participation in socio-technical controversies, this paper analyses recent legislative proposals that condition some activities of the nuclear power generation in Brazil to the popular consultation through a plebiscite. We aim at understanding how this participation is designed and considered for the future of the Brazilian Nuclear Program. Among the main results, draws attention the possibility of engagement be erased or sealed in some cases; the strong centralization of decision-making and the disqualification of this participatory instrument, and the defence that decision-making and deliberation should remain restricted to the State even when the subject is of direct public interest.Key words: Energy policy; Public participation; Nuclear energy; Referendum; Energy future

The Japanese Model of Risk Society

2014 ◽  
pp. 275-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mika Markus Merviö
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Risk Society ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global Catastrophe ◽  
The Government

Japan, two years after the triple catastrophe of earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear plant crisis, is only slowly wakening to the new reality of a new kind of reflexive relationship with nuclear power and, more generally, the use of modern technology and the social risks linked with modern life. In Japan, the idea that Japan’s very own catastrophe is, instead, a global catastrophe has not really sunk in. Coping with the disasters may be the most urgent and visible task of the government, but the Japanese society can hardly wait to find solutions to many long-term policy choices. This chapter analyzes the Japanese model of risk society, the risk society discourse in Japan, and the challenges of risk society to Japanese public policy.

Nuclear Power and the Price-Anderson Act: An Overview of a Policy in Transition

1990 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-232
Author(s):  
John W. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Nuclear Energy Policy

It is axiomatic that historians perform research that focuses upon past occurrences. However, research into public policy occasionally requires that historians deal with issues relating to events that have never taken place. A good example of this historical anomaly is nuclear energy policy.

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