The specific goal of the study is to look how tensions, competing values and trade-offs manifest in the management of nuclear power plants. Second goal is to inspect how existing frameworks, such as Competing Values Framework, can be used to model the tensions. Empirical data consists of thirty interviews that were conducted as part of a NKS study on safety culture in the Nordic nuclear branch....

The number of Member States giving high priority to extending the operation of nuclear power plants beyond their initial license is increasing. Decisions on long term operation (LTO) involve the consideration of a number of factors. While many of these decisions concern economic viability, all are grounded in the premise of maintaining plant safety. The IAEA recognized this new industry initiat...

Introduction: There is concern about cancer risk from living near nuclear power plants (NPP). Different studies yield different results and this study seeks to add to the body of knowledge on the topic. Methods: Using an ecological design, pair-wise comparisons were made for cancer death rates (CDR) in three county classifications for U.S. NPPs: counties where a NPP was located, counties that b...

Socio-economic losses associated with the earthquake of magnitude 9 on March 11th, 2011 off the Tohoku coast of Japan are presented and discussed. These include presentation of building damage, casualtyand shelter needs disaggregated for the earthquake and tsunami, but also the implications of the loss of essential utilities in Honshu’s production capacity, and consequences of the Fukushima 1 n...

The first objective data showing the geographical locations of people in Fukushima after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident, obtained by an analysis of GPS (Global Positioning System)-enabled mobile phone logs, are presented. The method of estimation is explained, and the flow of people into and out of the 20 km evacuation zone during the accident is visualized.

In order to realize an autonomous nuclear power plant, the sensing system performing daily inspection inside of the plant is indispensable. For the sensing system, reliability and exibility are demanded to cope with risky and complicated environments. In order to build such sensing system, we have been emphasizing the importance of cooperation and active control of various sensing functions, an...