Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Contributors ix
5. PART I: The Fukushima Accident
6. Introduction: Learning from a Man-made Disaster 3
7. 1. Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: An Overview 10
8. PART II: Learning Lessons from Fukushima
9. 2. The Accident That Could Never Happen: Deluded by a Design Basis 29
10. 3. Security Implications of the Fukushima Accident 58
11. 4. Political Leadership in Nuclear Emergency: Institutional and Structural Constraints 80
12. 5. Radiation Protection by Numbers: Another “Man-made” Disaster 109
13. 6. Encouraging Transnational Organizational Learning 136
14. PART III: Lessons Learned about Lessons Learned
15. 7. Were Japan’s Nuclear Plants Uniquely Vulnerable? 157
16. 8. Beyond Fukushima: Enhancing Nuclear Safety and Security in the Twenty-first Century 183
17. Index 207