The nuclear disaster management system in Taiwan
A case study of the third (Maanshan) nuclear power plant
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3898478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yung‐nane Yang (Professor, Department of Political Science and Institute of Political Economy, and Director, Institute of Technology and Governance National Cheng Kung University Taiwan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 534-553 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/disa.12165 |
| PMID | 26578340 |
| OpenAlex | W2174405954 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
This paper explores the effectiveness of the nuclear disaster management system in Taiwan via a review of the third (Maanshan) nuclear power plant. In doing so, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan on 11 March 2011 is reviewed and compared with the situation in Taiwan. The latter's nuclear disaster management system is examined with respect to three key variables: information; mobilisation; and inter-organisational cooperation. In-depth interviews with 10 policy stakeholders with different backgrounds serve as the research method. The results point up the need for improvement in all dimensions. In addition, they highlight three principal problems with the nuclear disaster management system: (i) it might not be possible to provide first-hand nuclear disaster information immediately to the communities surrounding the Maanshan facility in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan; (ii) the availability of medical resources for treating radiation in Hengchun Township is limited; and (iii) the inter-organisational relationships for addressing nuclear disasters need to be strengthened. Hence, cooperation among related organisations is necessary
Accident management · Business · Computer security · Emergency management · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Fukushima Nuclear Accident · Geography · Nuclear disaster · Nuclear engineering · Nuclear plant · Nuclear power · Nuclear power plant · Nuclear technology · Operations management · Political science · Principal (computer security · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · Environmental Science · Risk Perception and Management · Finance
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Social Mobilization and Political Development
The Human Element
Resource Mobilization and Social Movements
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |