Risk politics and the pro-nuclear growth coalition in Japan in relation to the Fukushima

HaeRan Shin

Energy & Environment, 2017, vol. 28, issue 4, 518-529

Abstract: This paper focuses on the development of the pro-nuclear growth coalition in Japan. It also describes how, after the Fukushima disaster, the coalition was challenged by an increasing number of anti-nuclear movements and scientific discussions of nuclear energy policies. By analyzing the risk politics associated with nuclear power, the study helps explain the development of pro-nuclear narratives and the pro-nuclear coalition. Based on archival analysis of accounts from the media, governments, and experts, it argues that governmental and nongovernmental actors in Japan and the United States formed a pro-nuclear growth coalition to pursue economic growth and then cooperated to promote pro-nuclear energy policies. The research also illustrates that post-Fukushima risk narratives challenged pro-nuclear energy policies and the dominance of the pro-nuclear growth coalition with fear. Although anti-nuclear sentiment has increased after Fukushima, it has not coalesced enough to be considered a consensus.

Keywords: Growth coalition; Japan; nuclear power; risk; risk politics; the Fukushima disaster (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0958305X17706179

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