The future of nuclear safety: vital role of geoscientists?

被引:6
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作者
Wang, Qiang [1 ,2 ]
Jha, Awadhesh N. [3 ]
Chen, Xi [1 ]
Dong, Jie-fang [1 ,4 ]
Wang, Xing-min [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, State Key Lab Desert & Oasis Ecol, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Bot & Plant Sci, Ecol Complex & Modeling Lab, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
[3] Univ Plymouth, Sch Biol Sci, Plymouth PL4 8AA, Devon, England
[4] Grad Univ, Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
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关键词
Fukushima nuclear accident; Earthquake and tsunami; Nuclear safety; Earth science support; REGULATORY FAILURES; ACCIDENT LIKE; FUKUSHIMA; CHINA; TRANSPARENCY; SEISMOLOGY; JAPAN; WORLD; REST;
D O I
10.1016/j.rser.2014.11.039
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The article addresses the potential role of geosciences in development of civilian nuclear power plants (NPPs). We firstly highlight the fact that the Fukushima accident of 2011 is different from previous major nuclear accidents at the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl in that the former was triggered externally by a natural disaster, that is, a powerful tectonic earthquake followed by tsunami. Following this, we assess the situation of the NPPs to prepare the occurrence of such a tectonic activity through case study of the Fukushima Daiichi NPP. Finally, some policy recommendations are proposed for a wider and innate integration of geosciences into the governance of civilian NPPs (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:239 / 243
页数:5
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