Framing: To what extent is nuclear power a resilient power source? Focus: Did community behaviors in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown reflect resiliency to nuclear power disaster? If so, how? Background Resilience Definition – (Benson and Craig 2014) and others Theory – Disaster Resilience? – (Wisner et. al. 2011) Risk association/communication Definition […]
What really happened at Chernobyl?
The explosion of a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine on April 26, 1986 was the first of its kind. Unlike Three Mile Island incident of 1979, the explosion and radiation release was difficult to contain, spreading widely and rapidly. Suddenly a new type of disaster was possible; nuclear bombs were no longer the only […]
Willapa Bay: wicked problems and the case of the burrowing shrimp
The challenges that the Willapa Bay community faces are numerous and difficult, affecting most parts of the bay in different ways. Stakeholders range from oyster companies to bay residents, from Seattle chefs to immigrant workers, from scientists to bird-watchers. Each party has a different agenda and different values to consider, but each has the same […]
Situating Disaster: 2011 Tohoku Triple Disaster
A few weeks ago I wrote these two sets of questions as possible thesis research: Framing Question: Is nuclear power a resilient power source? Focus Question: Is it possible for Japanese communities surrounding nuclear power plants to be resilient? How can disaster resiliency be applied to daily life? Framing Question: Is nuclear power a resilient power […]
Who, What, When, Where?: distribution of nuclear power plants around the world
As of November 8, 2016, the European Nuclear Society has reported nuclear power plants in operation or under construction in 33 countries world-wide, with a total of 510 power plants (450 of which are in operation, 60 of which are under construction). The ENS’s site includes graphs describing the distribution of these plants between counties. […]
The Basics of Nuclear Energy: how nuclear power plants function
There are a number of different types of nuclear energy power plants, all with the same basic principal. The fundamental goal is to produce nuclear binding energy through fission. Heavy nucleus, from materials like uranium, create binding energy by breaking apart into smaller nuclei (McFarland et. al., 1994). Nuclear plants induce this fission in a number […]
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