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.
| Autorius: | Morris Low |
| Serija: | Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology |
| Leidėjas: | Springer Nature Switzerland |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2021 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 276 |
| ISBN-10: | 3030472000 |
| ISBN-13: | 9783030472009 |
| Formatas: | 210 x 148 x 16 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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