This book explores how Japanese views of nuclear power were influenced not only by Hiroshima and Nagasaki but by government, business and media efforts to actively promote how it was a safe and integral part of Japan’s future. The idea of “atoms for peace” and the importance of US-Japan relations were emphasized in exhibitions and in films. Despite the emergence of an anti-nuclear movement, the dream of civilian nuclear power and the “good atom” nevertheless prevailed and became more accepted. By the late 1950s, a school trip to see a reactor was becoming a reality for young Japanese, and major events such as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and 1970 Osaka Expo seemed to reinforce the narrative that the Japanese people were destined for a future led by science and technology that was powered by the atom, a dream that was left in disarray after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
Morris Low
Visualizing Nuclear Power in Japan [PDF ebook]
A Trip to the Reactor
Visualizing Nuclear Power in Japan [PDF ebook]
A Trip to the Reactor
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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 260 ● ISBN 9783030471989 ● Taille du fichier 2.9 MB ● Maison d’édition Springer International Publishing ● Lieu Cham ● Pays CH ● Publié 2020 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 7462173 ● Protection contre la copie DRM sociale