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Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is one of the first and most comprehensive social scientific analyses of the natural and human-made disaster that is Fukushima Daiichi. It brings together some of world's leading thinkers on science, technology and society, risk analysis, energy policy as well as indigenous Japanese scholars offering an internal critical account of the reasons, actors, dynamics and implications of this disaster. This is a major scholarly contribution to an extremely pressing and urgent issue and Hindmarsh is to be congratulated in bringing together such an impressive array of scholarship in such a short space of time. -John Barry, Queens University, Belfast Richard Hindmarsh has added a new dimension to the global policy debate over the safety of nuclear energy. The twelve chapters in the book provide rich sources of information and conceptual agendas. The book will become a 'must' for those who want to partake in this ongoing discussion. -Akira Nakamura, Meiji University

"""Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is one of the first and most comprehensive social scientific analyses of the natural and human-made disaster that is Fukushima Daiichi. It brings together some of world’s leading thinkers on science, technology and society, risk analysis, energy policy as well as indigenous Japanese scholars offering an internal critical account of the reasons, actors, dynamics and implications of this disaster. This is a major scholarly contribution to an extremely pressing and urgent issue and Hindmarsh is to be congratulated in bringing together such an impressive array of scholarship in such a short space of time."" —John Barry, Queens University, Belfast ""Richard Hindmarsh has added a new dimension to the global policy debate over the safety of nuclear energy. The twelve chapters in the book provide rich sources of information and conceptual agendas. The book will become a ‘must’ for those who want to partake in this ongoing discussion."" —Akira Nakamura, Meiji University ""Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is one of the first and most comprehensive social scientific analyses of the natural and human-made disaster that is Fukushima Daiichi. It brings together some of world’s leading thinkers on science, technology and society, risk analysis, energy policy as well as indigenous Japanese scholars offering an internal critical account of the reasons, actors, dynamics and implications of this disaster. This is a major scholarly contribution to an extremely pressing and urgent issue and Hindmarsh is to be congratulated in bringing together such an impressive array of scholarship in such a short space of time."" —John Barry, Queens University, Belfast ""Richard Hindmarsh has added a new dimension to the global policy debate over the safety of nuclear energy. The twelve chapters in the book provide rich sources of information and conceptual agendas. The book will become a ‘must’ for those who want to partake in this ongoing discussion."" —Akira Nakamura, Meiji University Not enough has been written about this multifaceted calamity, part of the greater 11 March incident called 3.11 in Japan. Richard Hindmarsh and his colleagues should be commended for taking on the difficult social and political aspects of the Fukushima disaster within Japan, and for shining an objective spotlight on the various official failings that magnified the crisis. It ought to be read by anyone concerned about the current state of the nuclear industry, the politics of disaster management and the nature of science and public opinion. -Joel Campbell, Troy University, Global Campus, Japan–Korea"

Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is one of the first and most comprehensive social scientific analyses of the natural and human-made disaster that is Fukushima Daiichi. It brings together some of world's leading thinkers on science, technology and society, risk analysis, energy policy as well as indigenous Japanese scholars offering an internal critical account of the reasons, actors, dynamics and implications of this disaster. This is a major scholarly contribution to an extremely pressing and urgent issue and Hindmarsh is to be congratulated in bringing together such an impressive array of scholarship in such a short space of time. -John Barry, Queens University, Belfast Richard Hindmarsh has added a new dimension to the global policy debate over the safety of nuclear energy. The twelve chapters in the book provide rich sources of information and conceptual agendas. The book will become a `must' for those who want to partake in this ongoing discussion. -Akira Nakamura, Meiji University

Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is one of the first and most comprehensive social scientific analyses of the natural and human-made disaster that is Fukushima Daiichi. It brings together some of world's leading thinkers on science, technology and society, risk analysis, energy policy as well as indigenous Japanese scholars offering an internal critical account of the reasons, actors, dynamics and implications of this disaster. This is a major scholarly contribution to an extremely pressing and urgent issue and Hindmarsh is to be congratulated in bringing together such an impressive array of scholarship in such a short space of time. -John Barry, Queens University, Belfast Richard Hindmarsh has added a new dimension to the global policy debate over the safety of nuclear energy. The twelve chapters in the book provide rich sources of information and conceptual agendas. The book will become a 'must' for those who want to partake in this ongoing discussion. -Akira Nakamura, Meiji University Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is one of the first and most comprehensive social scientific analyses of the natural and human-made disaster that is Fukushima Daiichi. It brings together some of world's leading thinkers on science, technology and society, risk analysis, energy policy as well as indigenous Japanese scholars offering an internal critical account of the reasons, actors, dynamics and implications of this disaster. This is a major scholarly contribution to an extremely pressing and urgent issue and Hindmarsh is to be congratulated in bringing together such an impressive array of scholarship in such a short space of time. -John Barry, Queens University, Belfast Richard Hindmarsh has added a new dimension to the global policy debate over the safety of nuclear energy. The twelve chapters in the book provide rich sources of information and conceptual agendas. The book will become a 'must' for those who want to partake in this ongoing discussion. -Akira Nakamura, Meiji University Not enough has been written about this multifaceted calamity, part of the greater 11 March incident called 3.11 in Japan. Richard Hindmarsh and his colleagues should be commended for taking on the difficult social and political aspects of the Fukushima disaster within Japan, and for shining an objective spotlight on the various official failings that magnified the crisis. It ought to be read by anyone concerned about the current state of the nuclear industry, the politics of disaster management and the nature of science and public opinion. -Joel Campbell, Troy University, Global Campus, Japan-Korea

Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is one of the first and most comprehensive social scientific analyses of the natural and human-made disaster that is Fukushima Daiichi. It brings together some of world's leading thinkers on science, technology and society, risk analysis, energy policy as well as indigenous Japanese scholars offering an internal critical account of the reasons, actors, dynamics and implications of this disaster. This is a major scholarly contribution to an extremely pressing and urgent issue and Hindmarsh is to be congratulated in bringing together such an impressive array of scholarship in such a short space of time. -John Barry, Queens University, Belfast Richard Hindmarsh has added a new dimension to the global policy debate over the safety of nuclear energy. The twelve chapters in the book provide rich sources of information and conceptual agendas. The book will become a 'must' for those who want to partake in this ongoing discussion. -Akira Nakamura, Meiji University

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Richard Hindmarsh is Associate Professor in the Griffith School of Environment and Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. His field is environmental politics and policy and science, technology and society. He is co-founder of the Asia-Pacific Science, Technology and Society Network. He has produced eight books including Edging towards BioUtopia (2008, U. of Western Australia press), and Genetic Suspects (co-edited with Barbara Prainsack) (Cambridge University Press, 2010). Current research includes GM crops; wind and nuclear energy; governance, and community engagement; and sustainability transitions.

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