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In our everyday conceptions we use the laws of nature with their enormous possibilities of technical progress for the benefit of mankind. The catastrophes of Chernobyl (1986), Fukushima Daichii (2011) and in the Gulf of Mexico, explosion of the drilling platform Deepwater Horizon (2010), have shaken this world's view. Is it a matter of human or technical failure? Humans strives to fulfill their intentions through purposeful action. How this usually happens can be explained by the example of the archer. He uses the cause-effect structure to achieve his goal to hit "into the bull's eye". The cause-effect structure for his action forms the causal chain, with the "Point of no Return" being extremely important for the action. This model from a scientific view can be compared the view from the humanities side as an crossing of the Rubicon river. This comparison leads to the questions: who is directing the human actions? Who is the scriptwriter on the stage of time and space? To answer these questions, the above-mentioned catastrophes are analyzed. The answer is found in the concordance of natural laws with the decisions of the acting people. In order to achieve this alignment, safety culture is presented as an organizing tool for organizations that use technically highly complex facilities for their purposes. The author Dr. -Ing. Volker Hoensch studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart, majoring in nuclear energetics and thermal fluid machinery. In his professional career, he has been particularly involved in human reliability issues. He has made many contributions in this field, especially to the International Atomic Energy Agency at the United Nations. After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the author worked exclusively internationally. After working for several years at the World Association of Nuclear Operators, Paris Centre, the EU appointed him project manager for the safety of nuclear power plants in the Ukraine. In 2006, he received his doctorate from the Technical University of Munich on the experience he gained in the performance behaviour of nuclear power plants. He is a member of the "Human Reliability" working group at the VDI. Dr.-Ing. Volker Hoensch is one of the internationally relevant safety experts in the nuclear industry. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com).

Physicochemistry --- Nuclear chemistry --- Relation between energy and economics --- Applied physical engineering --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- energiebeheer (technologie) --- energiemanagement (economie) --- stralingschemie --- energiebeleid --- energie-economie --- filosofie --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- fysicochemie --- Forest soils. --- Forest soils --- Environmental aspects. --- Philosophy of nature --- Philosophy of science --- General ethics --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Chernobyl --- Fukushima [City]

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Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986. --- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011. --- BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010. --- Chernobyl Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 --- Chernobyl Disaster, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 --- Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 --- Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 --- Nuclear power plants --- BP Drilling Rig Explosion, 2010 --- BP Oil Spill, 2010 --- Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 --- Gulf Drilling Rig Explosion, 2010 --- Gulf of Mexico Drilling Rig Explosion, 2010 --- Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, 2010 --- Gulf Oil Spill, 2010 --- Mexico, Gulf of, Drilling Rig Explosion, 2010 --- Mexico, Gulf of, Oil Spill, 2010 --- Drilling platforms --- Oil spills --- Deepwater Horizon (Drilling rig) --- Fukushima I Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima II Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Accident, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Daini Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Japan, 2011 --- Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011 --- Accidents --- Forest soils. --- Forest soils --- Environmental aspects. --- Soils --- Philosophy of nature --- Philosophy of science --- General ethics --- Nuclear chemistry --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Chernobyl --- Fukushima [City]

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Natural disasters are often multifaceted and cause severe damage. Disasters initiated locally can become national and even global crises. Today’s world urgently needs a new body of knowledge and techniques for the mitigation of and response to disaster. Central to such a body of knowledge are disaster preparedness, emergency and crisis management systems of government, of which capacity building is becoming an increasingly important element in public administration, management and governance. Today, disasters are to be managed by sound local, national, and global governance, through all the phases of preparedness, prevention, mitigation and  then to relief, recovery and re-construction. During all these phases, government plays the most important role.   This book provides a case of the disaster governance of Japan, by presenting information and analyses on what happened in the Magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake that caused the huge tsunami and the INES Level 7 Fukushima nuclear power plants accidents on March 11, 2011. In examining this Japanese case study, this book illustrates the socio-economic damage of the stricken areas together with the overall picture of the disasters. It examines Japan’s capacity for disaster governance and it’s crisis management system in response to the most devastating disaster that the country has ever encountered since the end of WWII. It also offers preliminary findings learned from this experience in the Japan’s public administration and governance systems, challenged to be more accountable and transparent during the recovery and reconstruction efforts now in progress. This book provides a case of the disaster governance of Japan, by presenting information and analyses on what happened in the Magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake that caused the huge tsunami and the INES Level 7 Fukushima nuclear power plants accidents on March 11, 2011. In examining this Japanese case study, this book illustrates the socio-economic damage of the stricken areas together with the overall picture of the disasters. It examines Japan’s capacity for disaster governance and it’s crisis management system in response to the most devastating disaster that the country has ever encountered since the end of WWII. It also offers preliminary findings learned from this experience in the Japan’s public administration and governance systems, challenged to be more accountable and transparent during the recovery and reconstruction efforts now in progress.

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