Japan’s Quest for Nuclear Energy and the Price it has Paid: Accidents, Consequences, and Lessons Learned for the Global Nuclear Industry identifies major accidents in Japan that have happened at different stages of the nuclear fuel cycle in Japan, assesses the underlying causes of nuclear accidents, and identifies other systemic problems in the nuclear industry. It provides recommendations on how government, industry and academic institutions can work together toward achieving a zero-accident safety culture.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Figures - p. ix 6. List of Tables - p. xiii 7. Prologue - p. xiv 8. Chapter 1: Beginnings: Japan Aims High - p. xviii 9. Chapter 2: Successes and Failures of Big National Projects - p. 37 10. Chapter 3: Commercialization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle - p. 76 11. Chapter 4: The Build-Out of Japan's Nuclear Power Industry - p. 119 12. Chapter 5: The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster - p. 153 13. Chapter 6: Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal - p. 206 14. Chapter 7: Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities - p. 226 15. Chapter 8: Status and Health of Japan's Nuclear Industry - p. 252 16. Chapter 9: Creating a Viable Zero-Accident Nuclear Energy Culture - p. 278 17. Appendix A: Cancelled Nuclear Power Reactors - p. 311 18. Appendix B: Impact of Accident Costs on Cost of Power (in MWh) - p. 315 19. Appendix C: Abbreviations and Acronyms - p. 318 20. Appendix D: 2018 Code of Ethics From the Japan Atomic Energy Society - p. 319 21. Appendix E: Japan’s Nuclear Energy Policy (Excerpts) - p. 328 22. Index - p. 345
Japan’s Quest for Nuclear Energy and the Price it has Paid: Accidents, Consequences, and Lessons Learned for the Global Nuclear Industry identifies major accidents in Japan that have happened at different stages of the nuclear fuel cycle in Japan, assesses the underlying causes of nuclear accidents, and identifies other systemic problems in the nuclear industry. It provides recommendations on how government, industry and academic institutions can work together toward achieving a zero-accident safety culture.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Figures - p. ix 6. List of Tables - p. xiii 7. Prologue - p. xiv 8. Chapter 1: Beginnings: Japan Aims High - p. xviii 9. Chapter 2: Successes and Failures of Big National Projects - p. 37 10. Chapter 3: Commercialization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle - p. 76 11. Chapter 4: The Build-Out of Japan's Nuclear Power Industry - p. 119 12. Chapter 5: The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster - p. 153 13. Chapter 6: Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal - p. 206 14. Chapter 7: Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities - p. 226 15. Chapter 8: Status and Health of Japan's Nuclear Industry - p. 252 16. Chapter 9: Creating a Viable Zero-Accident Nuclear Energy Culture - p. 278 17. Appendix A: Cancelled Nuclear Power Reactors - p. 311 18. Appendix B: Impact of Accident Costs on Cost of Power (in MWh) - p. 315 19. Appendix C: Abbreviations and Acronyms - p. 318 20. Appendix D: 2018 Code of Ethics From the Japan Atomic Energy Society - p. 319 21. Appendix E: Japan’s Nuclear Energy Policy (Excerpts) - p. 328 22. Index - p. 345
