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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book, edited by Blandford and Sagan, brings together experts from a variety of institutions and disciplines (including nuclear engineering, environmental history, political science, public policy, and risk assessment) from Japan and the United States to analyze the events leading up to and following this man-made catastrophe...This book provides an easy-to-read reference guide to the disaster which will be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates seeking summaries about Fukushima."—Daniel P. Aldrich,
Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Learning from a Man-made Disaster
—Scott D. Sagan
1. Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: An Overview
—Kenji E. Kushida
2. The Accident That Could Never Happen: Deluded by a Design Basis
—Gregory D. Wyss
3. Security Implications of the Fukushima Accident
—Kaoru Naito
4. Political Leadership in Nuclear Emergency: Institutional and Structural Constraints
—Nobumasa Akiyama
5. Radiation Protection by Numbers: Another Man-made Disaster"
—Toshihiro Higuchi
6. Encouraging Transnational Organizational Learning
—Kazuto Suzuki
7. Were Japan's Nuclear Plants Uniquely Vulnerable?
—Phillip Lipscy, Kenji E. Kushida, and Trevor Incerti
Conclusion: Beyond Fukushima: Enhancing Nuclear Safety and Security in the 21st Century
—Michael May and Edward Blandford
