Cases and Multidisciplinary Responses

Part II - Cases and Multidisciplinary Responses

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 June 2019

Edited by

Marc Ozawa ,

David Reiner and

Marc Ozawa: Affiliation:
Energy Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge
Jonathan Chaplin: Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Michael Pollitt: Affiliation:
Judge Business School, Cambridge
David Reiner: Affiliation:
Judge Business School, Cambridge
Paul Warde: Affiliation:
University of Cambridge

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In this chapter, we discuss the evolution of the field of ‘ethics of nuclear energy’, regarding its past, present and future. We will first review the history of this field in the previous four decades, focusing on new and emerging challenges of nuclear energy production and waste disposal, in light of several important developments. Four of the most pressing ethical challenges will be further reviewed in the chapter. First, what is a morally ‘acceptable’ nuclear energy production method, if we consider the existing and possible new technologies? Second, provided a new tendency to consider nuclear waste disposal with several countries, what would be the new ethical and governance challenges of these multinational collaborations? Third, how should we deal with the (safety) challenges of the new geographic distribution of nuclear energy, tilting towards emerging economies with less experience with nuclear technology? Fourth, nuclear energy projects engender highly emotional controversies. Neither ignoring the emotions of the public nor taking them as a reason to prohibit or restrict a technology – we call them technocratic populist pitfalls respectively – seem to be able to guide responsible policy making.

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ethics of nuclear energy nuclear ethics nuclear safety nuclear security intergenerational justice multinational disposal nuclear fuel cycle moral emotions morally acceptable nuclear safety governance energy transition energy policy Germany Fukushima Energiewende electricity markets oil crisis energy energy policy Sweden economic history energy transition institutions policies centralization decentralization ownership models interdisciplinarity technical and social scenarios social anthropology carbon capture and storage (CCS)interest groups stakeholders technology commercialisation demonstration projects energy transitions climate policy data centre infrastructure artificial intelligence renewable energy decarbonisation scaling clean energy virtualization energy efficiency big data Power Utilization Effectiveness cloud services public participation Aarhus Convention international energy governance compliance committee risk assessment energy democracy biofuels energy Borneo Malaysia ethics deforestation renewables Pope Francis Laudato Si'ecological conversion integral ecology creation technology market state

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Information: In Search of Good Energy Policy , pp. 99 - 272

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