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020 _a9781107294905 (ebook)
020 _z9781107054844 (hardback)
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050 0 0 _aTK9152
_b.E84 2015
082 0 0 _a174/.93337924
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245 0 4 _aThe ethics of nuclear energy :
_brisk, justice, and democracy in the post-Fukushima era /
_cedited by Behnam Taebi and Sabine Roeser.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2015.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aDespite the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, a growing number of countries are interested in expanding or introducing nuclear energy. However, nuclear energy production and nuclear waste disposal give rise to pressing ethical questions that society needs to face. This book takes up this challenge with essays by an international team of scholars focusing on the key issues of risk, justice, and democracy. The essays consider a range of ethical issues, including radiological protection, the influence of gender in the acceptability of nuclear risk, and environmental, international, and intergenerational justice in the context of nuclear energy. They also address the question of when, and under which conditions, nuclear energy should play a role in the world's future supply of electricity, looking at both developing and industrialized countries. The book will interest readers in ethics and political philosophy, social and political sciences, nuclear engineering, and policy studies.
650 0 _aNuclear accidents
_xRisk assessment.
650 0 _aNuclear industry
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 _aNuclear energy
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 _aNuclear engineering
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 _aNuclear energy
_xGovernment policy.
700 1 _aTaebi, Behnam,
_editor.
700 1 _aRoeser, Sabine,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107054844
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107294905
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