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Published in Peter R. Mounfield, World Nuclear Power, 2017
There has been public opposition to nuclear power in Japan, and a sample public opinion poll carried out by Asahi Shimbun shortly after Chernobyl indicated that more Japanese opposed nuclear power (41 per cent) than supported it (34 per cent). This was the first time, however, that the majority had not been in favour. Environmental and other pressure groups have not yet managed to block a nuclear power project to the point of its cancellation, but opposition had led some power utilities to adopt a centralized nuclear power siting philosophy, with many reactors grouped at one site or nuclear park.
In-depth analysis of international collaboration and inter-institutional collaboration in nuclear science and technology during 2006–2015
Published in Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 2018
Hui-Zhen Fu, Jian Chu, Ming Zhang
To understand the publication trends of the top eight countries, the annual production of them were revealed in Figure 2. Each country has its own cycle from 2006 to 2015. Undoubtedly, the USA stood in the first place, having a cycle with the greatest radial. The cycle-shapes of the other seven countries except China were similar to each other with different radials, indicating stable development for most countries during 2006–2015. China was at the bottom of these eight countries in 2006, but increased sharply after 2010, and became the second in 2015. China are pursuing ambitious expansions of their nuclear power capacities, with the most ‘under construction reactors’ of 22, partly explaining the obvious growth of China. It is unnormal that Japan had the lowest production in 2012 among the investigated period, which might relate to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Fukushima accident in 2011, ranked on the 7th level of the International Nuclear Event Scale [41], might have resulted in the low level of NST studies. In 2010, the Japanese government had adopted a new long-term energy plan for a substantial increase in Japan's reliance on nuclear power over the next two decades, but Fukushima disaster resulted in the immediate destruction or shutdown of 10 reactors and cast doubt on the entire future of nuclear power in Japan [42]. In general, national scientific activities in NST field is closely related to national planning and policy.