A World's Dilemma 'Upon Which the Sun Never Sets': The Nuclear Waste Management Strategy: Japan and China

摘要

Unfortunately, Japan's story with "nuclear" suddenly and sadly began on August 06,1945 when the world's first atom bomb fell on the beautiful city of Hiroshima. On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck with a tsunami (resulting in approximately 19,000 deaths) that crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant causing a release of radiation into the environment of surrounding communities [38]. Japan is unique in that it is the only nation state to date to have experienced the use of atomic weapons during wartime, resulting in approximately 100,000 deaths [39]. Despite Japan's horrendous experiences with nuclear during the Second World War; in the years post ceding the end of the Second World War (1939-1945), Japan shortly thereafter embarked on establishing a civilian nuclear power program.