Living in a Nuclear World : From Fukushima to Hiroshima (Edition 1)

• Main Authors: Boudia, Soraya, Sato, Kyoko
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor and Francis 2022; Routledge; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: History and Philosophy of Technoscience
• Subjects: Civilization; Contemporary History 1945; Environment & Society; Environmental History; General and world history; History; History and Archaeology; History of Science & Technology; History: specific events and topics; International History; Modern History 1750-1945; Nuclear energy; Nuclear weapons; Philosophy of Technology; Social & Cultural History; Social and cultural history; Social and cultural history;General and world history; Social History; thema EDItEUR; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history; World; Nuclear Disarmament; Nuclear Waste Problem; Marshallese Communities; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station; Human Suffering; Hedonistic Present; Satellite; FDI; Sea Water; Seismic Risk Evaluations; Lucky Dragon Incident; Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; National Academy; Nuclear Exceptionalism; Containment; Nuclear Order; Standardisation; Fukushima Daiichi Unit; United States Atomic Energy Commission; Violence; Trivialisation; Exposure; West Germany; Sociotechnical Imaginaries; Bikini Atoll; NRC Requirement; Global Nuclear Danger; Bikini Incident; Artificial Satellite; Lucky Dragon; Inspections
• ISBN: 100054155X; 9781000541557; 1032130636; 1032130660; 9781032130637; 9781032130668; 9781003227472; 1003227473
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003227472

The Fukushima disaster invites us to look back and probe how nuclear technology has shaped the world we live in, and how we have come to live with it. Since the first nuclear detonation (Trinity test) and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, all in 1945, nuclear technology has profoundly affected world history and geopolitics, as well as our daily life and natural world. It has always been an instrument for national security, a marker of national sovereignty, a site of technological innovation and a promise of energy abundance. It has also introduced permanent pollution and the age of the Anthropocene. This volume presents a new perspective on nuclear history and politics by focusing on four interconnected themes–violence and survival; control and containment; normalizing through denial and presumptions; memories and futures–and exploring their relationships and consequences. It proposes an original reflection on nuclear technology from a long-term, comparative and transnational perspective. It brings together contributions from researchers from different disciplines (anthropology, history, STS) and countries (US, France, Japan) on a variety of local, national and transnational subjects. Finally, this book offers an important and valuable insight into other global and Anthropocene challenges such as climate change.