Europe after Fukushima: German Perspectives on the Future of Nuclear Power | Environment & Society Portal

About this issue

One year after the reactor meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, this volume of RCC Perspectives takes stock of its impact and possible legacy in Europe as part of the Rachel Carson Center’s research focus on natural disasters and cultures of risk. While Europe may have been spared radioactive fallout, political and cultural fallout has been significant. Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of the nuclear era? Or beginning of a new one, glimpsed in the shade of authoritarian regimes?

How to cite: Kersten, Jens, Markus Vogt, and Frank Uekoetter, “Europe after Fukushima: German Perspectives on the Future of Nuclear Power,” RCC Perspectives 2012, no 1. doi.org/10.5282/rcc/5589.

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Content

Introduction by Samuel Temple
Fukushima and the Lessons of History: Remarks on the Past and Future of Nuclear Power by Frank Uekoetter
The Lessons of Chernobyl and Fukushima: An Ethical Evaluation by Markus Vogt
A Farewell to Residual Risk? A Legal Perspective on the Risks of Nuclear Power After Fukushima by Jens Kersten

About RCC Perspectives

RCC Perspectives is an open-access publication that exists to record and reflect the activities of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. The journal was rebranded in 2016 as RCC Perspectives: Transformations in Environment and Society. It provides a forum for examining the interrelationship between environmental and social changes and is designed to inspire new perspectives on humanity and the wider world. RCC Perspectives aims to bridge the gap between scholarly and non-scholarly audiences and encourage international dialogue.

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Published from 2010 to 2020, the series editors of RCC Perspectives were RCC Directors Christof Mauch and Helmuth Trischler. The former editing team consisted of Harriet Windley and Kristy Henderson. Katie Ritson served as co-series editor and managing editor for many years alongside former editors Brenda Black, Stephanie Hood, Hannah Roberson, and Samantha Rothbart.