Understanding the Formation of Attitudes to Nuclear Power in Australia

了解澳大利亚对核电态度的形成

• 批准号: LS0800005
• 负责人: Mr Peter Laver
• 金额: $ 9.13万
• 依托单位: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Learned Academies Special Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-06-24 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LS0800005
• 关键词: Understanding; Formation; Attitudes; Nuclear; Power

The debate on nuclear power was a polarising issue through 2007. This project will provide vital ground-clearing work at the national level so that, should that issue, or a similarly complex issue, be reactivated in the future, a more mature and profound debate may proceed. Such a service will benefit the many communities that are becoming engaged in the discussion about nuclear issues. They include the Federal Government, some conservationists, many energy-source industries, and all those concerned about the world’s future response to climate change. This project will clarify the political, scientific, environmental, and social contexts in which decisions on nuclear energy may be made in the future. It will not, though, seek to participate in the decision-making process: rather, it will provide the essential basis that informs good policy. Since the project will involve all four learned academies in Australia, its successful implementation will teach an invaluable lesson in the benefits of multi-disciplinary work. It will bring together the research and analysis of historians, political analysts, physicists, environmentalists, legal analysts, economists, cultural critics, and anthropologists – to mention only the most obvious experts for this issue. Web publication of all papers involved in the project will make the outcomes of its activities accessible throughout Australia and the world. A book publication will also result from the project.

在2007年，关于核能的辩论是一个两极分化的问题。这一项目将在国家一级进行重要的基础清理工作，以便将来如果重新启动这一问题或类似的复杂问题，就可以进行更成熟和更深刻的辩论。这种服务将使正在参与核问题讨论的许多社区受益。他们包括联邦政府、一些自然资源保护主义者、许多能源行业以及所有关心世界未来应对气候变化的人。该项目将澄清未来可能作出核能决定的政治、科学、环境和社会背景。不过，它不会寻求参与决策过程：相反，它将为制定良好政策提供必要的基础。由于该项目将涉及澳大利亚的所有四个学术机构，其成功实施将为多学科工作的好处提供宝贵的经验教训。它将汇集历史学家、政治分析家、物理学家、环保主义者、法律的分析家、经济学家、文化评论家和人类学家的研究和分析--这里只提到对这个问题最明显的专家。该项目所涉的所有文件将在网上公布，使澳大利亚和全世界都能了解其活动的成果。该项目还将出版一本书。