nuclear energy

Audio-visual resources that shed light on the peaceful use of nuclear energy in post-war Japan

本: Site fights: Divisive facilities and civil society in Japan and the West

Blogs@NTU Admin June 19, 2012September 23, 2016 Books and Articles, Japanese

本書は原子力発電所や空港やダムなどといった市民全体にとっては必要であるものの、それらの施設が設置される地域共同体には好ましくない影響を及ぼす可能性のある施設について、日本の国家機関と市民社会の関係性という観点から論じた専門書である。著者のダニエル・P・アルドリッチ（パデュー大学準教授）は本書を通じて、国家機関は市民社会の成熟度が低い地域にこれらの施設を設置する傾向があると主張している。

記事: Hatoko comes home: Civil society and nuclear power in Japan

Blogs@NTU Admin June 19, 2012July 27, 2016 Books and Articles, Japanese

被爆地である広島からそう離れていない山口県上関町がいかにして1980年代初頭に原子力発電所を誘致するに至ったかを検証した研究である。1974年4月、日本放送協会（NHK）は朝の連続ドラマ「鳩子の海」の放映を開始した。この連続ドラマは、広島で被爆した後に山口県上関町の住民の養子となった少女（平和のシンボルの鳩から「鳩子」と名付けられる）が成長する過程を描いている。

ARTICLE: Social Decision-making Processes in Local Contexts: An STS Case Study on Nuclear Power Plant Siting in Japan (2007)

Blogs@NTU Admin May 30, 2011September 28, 2016 Books and Articles

Juraku, Kohta, Tatsujiro Suzuki, and Osamu Sakura. 2007. “Social Decision-making Processes in Local Contexts: An STS Case Study on Nuclear Power Plant Siting in Japan.” East Asian Science, Technology and Society 1 (1): 53-75. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/51243p18300u0n84/. In contrast to

ARTICLE: Technology Transfer Behind a Diplomatic Struggle: Reappraisal of South Korea’s Nuclear Fuel Project in the 1970s

Blogs@NTU Admin May 9, 2011 Books and Articles, English

Kim, Seong-Jun. 2009. “Technology Transfer Behind a Diplomatic Struggle: Reappraisal of South Korea’s Nuclear Fuel Project in the 1970s.” Historia Scientiarum 19(2): 184-193. Seong-Jun Kim explores the Nuclear Fuel Project, a failed attempt by the government and scientists of South Korea

FILM: Explaining the Nuclear Accident to Kids – Nuclear Reactor Boy’s Upset Stomach (2011)

Blogs@NTU Admin May 2, 2011 Films & Videos, Japanese, Web Resources

Hachiya, Kazuhiko. 2011. Unchi, Onara de Tatoeru Genpatsu Kaisetsu: Onaka ga Itakunatta Genpatsu-kun. うんち・おならで例える原発解説〜おなかがいたくなった原発くん [Explaining the Nuclear Accident with Farts and Poop – Nuclear Reactor Boy’s Upset Stomach]. YouTube video, 4:34 min, posted by GenkiRadio, Mar 16, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sakN2hSVxA& This short animation by the media

FILM: A Is For Atom (1953)

Blogs@NTU Admin April 25, 2011 English, Films & Videos, Web Resources

Urbano, Carl, John Sutherland Productions. 1953. A is for Atom, YouTube video, 15 min, posted by “nuclearvault,” Jul 30, 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi-ItrJISQE This animated short was sponsored by General Electric, one of the key U.S. manufacturers of electric appliances, power generation stations, and nuclear weapon

FILM: A Is For Atom (1992)

Blogs@NTU Admin April 25, 2011 English, Films & Videos, Web Resources

Curtis, Adam. 1992. A is for Atom, Google video, 45:51 min, accessed Apr 24, 2011, from http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1860517361048002456 The British 45-minute documentary A Is For Atom was named after the 1953 animated short of the ‘Atoms for peace’ campaign with the

FILM: Cold War Scenarios For Introducing Nuclear Energy To Japan (1995)

Blogs@NTU Admin April 21, 2011 Films & Videos, Japanese

NHK. 1995. Genpatsu Dōnyū Shinario ～ Reisenka no Tainichi Genshiryoku Senryaku 原発導入シナリオ～冷戦下の対日原子力戦略 [Cold War Scenarios for Introducing Nuclear Energy to Japan]. YouTube video, 45 min, posted by “naga2218,” Mar 27, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnPdkg-lZE8 This NHK documentary tries to shed light on how Japan, the only nation

FILM: Tale Of Two Cities (1946)

Blogs@NTU Admin April 15, 2011 English, Films & Videos

United States War Department. 1946. Tale of Two Cities. YouTube video, 12: 03 min, posted by “nuclearvault,” Sep 5, 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPvYw9cm8GY This short 12-minute film, produced by the U.S. War Department, begins with the Trinity nuclear test in the desert of