Social shaping of nuclear safety: Before and after the disaster

Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi: Social, Political and Environmental Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 22-40

  Hara, Takuji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84896852955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203551806     Document Type: Chapter

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