Visualizing Nuclear Power in Japan - A Trip to the Reactor (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Release date:	May 2021
First published:	2020
Authors:	Morris Low
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	260
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-047200-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Nuclear power & engineering Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	3-03-047200-0
Barcode:	9783030472009

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