Nuclear Power Safety and Governance in East Asia

Soocheol Lee is a Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Meijo University, in Japan. He graduated from Seoul National University and received his PhD at the Graduate School of Kyoto University. He had worked for the Federation of Korean Industry as a team leader of the Economic Research Department. He has written many books and papers on energy and environmental policy design and cooperation for sustainable low-carbon economy in East Asia. He was the Vice President of Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics, September 1, 2021, August 31, 2023.Weisheng Zhou is a Professor at the College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, in Japan. He is a Foreign Fellow of the Engineering Academy of Japan. He graduated from Zhejiang University and received his PhD from the Graduate School of Kyoto University. He has served as a chief researcher and research consultant at the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, a special professor at Osaka University. His books include East Asian Low-Carbon Community (Springer, 2021).Kiyoshi Fujikawa is a Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Aichi Gakuin University, in Japan. He graduated from Kobe University in Japan and received his PhD there. He had worked at the Department of Economics and Social Affairs in the United Nations as a statistician before teaching in Japan. He has made significant contributions to application of input–output analysis on environmental economics. And he was the President of Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies.

• IntroductionPart 1 Nuclear power risk and nuclear safety communication in East Asia1. Cause classification and preventive countermeasures of nuclear reactor accidents in China: Comparative analysis with those of Japan and South Korea.2. Radioactive material leakage impact on Japan, South Korea, and China in the case of nuclear power plant accidents and spent fuel pool fires in this region: Analysis using the HYSPLIT simulation model.3. Comparative analysis of Chinese, Japanese and South Korean attitudes toward nuclear safety in East Asia: Survey based on a survey of Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing residents.Part 2 Nuclear policy and harmonization of nuclear safety standards in East Asia4. Nuclear policy and nuclear safety regulations in East Asia5. State of harmonization of Western European nuclear safety standards and results of its analysis6. Barriers and challenges to harmonizing nuclear safety standards and exchange of nuclear safety technology in East AsiaPart 3 Comparative analysis of nuclear regulation agency and building a nuclear safety system in East Asia7. Comparative analysis of nuclear regulatory agencies in East Asia from the perspective of independence and transparency8. Taiwan's denuclearization process and energy supply planAppendix: Independence of Taiwan's Nuclear Regulatory Agency9. Building nuclear safety system in East Asia toward nuclear safety society: Challenges to overcome segmented nuclear safety system.Conclusion