Risk Communication and the Disposal of Radioactive Debris: Answering Questions Without Questioning Answers

Nagashima, Miori; Williamson, Piers R.

Risk Communication and the Disposal of Radioactive Debris: Answering Questions Without Questioning Answers

Nagashima, Miori; Williamson, Piers R.

Social Science Japan Journal, 2017, 20(2), 163-181

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URI	https://hdl.handle.net/2115/74569
タイトル	Risk Communication and the Disposal of Radioactive Debris: Answering Questions Without Questioning Answers
著者	e-Rad_Researcher 20241391 著者名 Nagashima, Miori
著者	著者名 Williamson, Piers R.
言語	英語
キーワード	risk
	risk communication
	radioactive debris disposal
	Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
発行日	2017-06-06
出版者	Oxford University Press
収録物名	Social Science Japan Journal
巻(号)	20(2)
ページ	163-181
抄録	Between 2011 and 2014, the Japanese government conducted a 'wide-area processing' scheme to dispose of radioactive debris from Iwate and Miyagi prefectures following the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The scheme was designed to hasten recovery in those areas by disposing of radioactive debris in other regions. Although 'wide-area processing' was open to localities in all 47 prefectures, only 18 participated. Out of the 18 participants, nine explained their involvement to residents in Question and Answer (Q&A) sections posted on their homepages. This article examines those nine Q&As from the perspective of risk communication. It holds that different risk perceptions were held by localities on the one hand, and residents on the other. While the Q&As ostensibly represented a wider shift from a 'deficit model' of risk communication to a 'democratic model', they nonetheless operated hierarchically through the construction of 'ambiguous risks' as 'simple risks' to neglect the 'concern assessment' advocated by the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC). As such, the Q&As were employed as a moral technique to discipline local populations into accepting the radiation risks generated by the national government's approach to reconstruction.
資源タイプ	学術雑誌論文
出版タイプ	Accepted Manuscript
権利情報	This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Social Science Japan Journal following peer review. The version of record [Miori NAGASHIMA, Piers R WILLIAMSON; Risk Communication and the Disposal of Radioactive Debris: Answering Questions Without Questioning Answers, Social Science Japan Journal, Volume 20, Issue 2, 1 August 2017, Pages 163–181] is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyx009.
PISSN	1369-1465
EISSN	1468-2680
関連情報 (isVersionOf)	出版社版DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyx009