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Postoje zemí k jaderné energii: změny po Fukušimě

Title in English Attitudes of Countries to Nuclear Energy: Modifications after Fukushima
Authors

KUNC Josef HOLEČKOVÁ Veronika SEDLÁŘ Jaroslav

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference XVI. mezinárodní kolokvium o regionálních vědách. Sborník příspěvků
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-6257-2013-36
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-6257-2013-36
Field Economy
Keywords Nuclear Energy; Attitudes of Countries; Modifications; Fukushima
Description Nuclear energy belongs among the most efficient yet most controversial energy sources. The impacts of the natural disaster and accident in Japanese Fukushima in 2011 have reversed the attitudes of many countries towards nuclear programs. This happened in the period after 2000, which could be characterized as Nuclear Renaissance. The Czech Republic, which has been a long-term advocate of nuclear energy industry and the above-mentioned accident has changed nothing in this attitude, has been mostly affected by the shift of its German neighbor and largest trading partner away from nuclear energy. On the other hand, many developed countries continue their nuclear programs and they do not share the Japanese, German and other countries' fears. It is the aim of this article to introduce and discuss changes in attitudes of selected countries from all over the word towards nuclear energy, especially in connection with the recent tragic events in Fukushima.

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