Regulatory failures for nuclear safety - The bad example of Japan - Implication for the rest of world

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2610-2617

  Wang, Qiang ^a   Chen, Xi ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Fukushima nuclear accident; Japan's nuclear safety regulatory failures; Regulatory capture in U.S; Remaking IAEA; Weakness of nuclear safety system in China

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR SAFETY; NUCLEAR SAFETY SYSTEM; REGULATORY CAPTURE IN U.S; REMAKING IAEA;

NUCLEAR REACTORS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84858411961     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.01.033     Document Type: Review

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