Article: Nuclear education trends after Fukushima nuclear accident Journal: International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management (IJNKM) 2013 Vol.6 No.2 pp.170 - 181 Abstract: Nuclear education has seen many ups and downs since the birth of nuclear technology. Owing to the highest prior support from all stakeholders during 1960s, nuclear education along with its technology witnessed its peak time. But during late 1990s, it was felt that the amount of nuclear knowledge would become sub-critical if no countermeasures were taken to arrest the declining situation of nuclear education. Many local, regional and international efforts were put together to restore nuclear education. These painstaking efforts started nuclear education growing again but the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 seems to create serious obstacles in the restoration of nuclear education in many countries. This paper studies the influence of Fukushima nuclear accident on nuclear education. For this purpose, a worldwide survey has been conducted through a well-designed questionnaire asking maximum possible information about the trends of nuclear education. This survey covers Europe, Asia and America continents. Based on the results of this international survey, this research work highlights the impacts of Fukushima nuclear accident on nuclear education in European, Asian and North American countries separately. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Nuclear education trends after Fukushima nuclear accident

Authors: Markus Salletmaier; Rustam Khan; Jeff Bannon; Helmuth Böck

Addresses: Atominstitute, Vienna University of Technology, Stadionallee 2, A-1020, Vienna, Austria ' Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan ' e-Squared Consulting GmbH, Parkring10/Liebenberggasse 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria ' Atominstitute, Vienna University of Technology, Stadionallee 2, A-1020, Vienna, Austria

Abstract: Nuclear education has seen many ups and downs since the birth of nuclear technology. Owing to the highest prior support from all stakeholders during 1960s, nuclear education along with its technology witnessed its peak time. But during late 1990s, it was felt that the amount of nuclear knowledge would become sub-critical if no countermeasures were taken to arrest the declining situation of nuclear education. Many local, regional and international efforts were put together to restore nuclear education. These painstaking efforts started nuclear education growing again but the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 seems to create serious obstacles in the restoration of nuclear education in many countries. This paper studies the influence of Fukushima nuclear accident on nuclear education. For this purpose, a worldwide survey has been conducted through a well-designed questionnaire asking maximum possible information about the trends of nuclear education. This survey covers Europe, Asia and America continents. Based on the results of this international survey, this research work highlights the impacts of Fukushima nuclear accident on nuclear education in European, Asian and North American countries separately.

Keywords: worldwide survey; NKM; nuclear knowledge management; nuclear education; Fukushima; nuclear accidents; nuclear energy; nuclear power.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNKM.2013.054498

International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management, 2013 Vol.6 No.2, pp.170 - 181

Received: 27 Feb 2013
Accepted: 27 Feb 2013
Published online: 30 Sep 2014 *

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