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Lessons from Fukushima for Responsible Innovation: How to Construct a New Relationship Between Science and Society?

In: Innovation Beyond Technology

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  • Yuko Fujigaki

    (The University of Tokyo)

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The present study focuses on a relationship between NPPs (Nuclear Power Plants) and society in Japan relating to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accidents in March 2011. Analyzing the process through which NPPs are embedded in political, economic and social contexts in Japan, it is revealed that community-divide was established between sites that accepted NPPs before the 1970s and sites without NPPs. After the accidents, this community-divide expanded between these sites as well as within each site. How can the Japanese society bridge this community-divide for responsible innovation regarding to the future energy? Focusing on the National Diet Report, I will show the recommendation the report made in 2012 and will introduce the Cabinet Office’s reaction reports of 2017. After these analyses, I look into these recommendations and reactions in the context of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). RRI implies that societal actors work together during the whole research and innovation process (Horizon 2020). Based on the essence of the RRI, such as (1) Open up questions, (2) Mutual discussions, and (3) New-institutionalization, the present situation of Japanese NPPs are examined. Through this analysis, this paper shows one example of governance, public engagement and inclusion in the responsible R&D and Innovation process, dealing with Fukushima NPP accidents. These are “societal and institutional innovations” for the future.

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  • Yuko Fujigaki, 2019. "Lessons from Fukushima for Responsible Innovation: How to Construct a New Relationship Between Science and Society?," Creative Economy, in: Sébastien Lechevalier (ed.), Innovation Beyond Technology, chapter 0, pages 223-239, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:crechp:978-981-13-9053-1_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9053-1_10
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