Nuclear mattersNuclear safety journal launched
Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima: for the third time in twenty-five years a nuclear power plant suffered a serious accident, precipitating a global review of the way to govern nuclear safety and security; a publisher of scientific journal is launching a new journal — International Journal of Nuclear Safety and Security (IJNSS) — which will offer a forum for the serious discussion of nuclear power plants’ safety
pThree Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima: for the third time in twenty-five years a nuclear power plant suffered a serious accident, precipitating a global review of the way to govern nuclear safety and security.
The 11 March Fukushima accident was especially poignant because it came during — and may well put an end to — what was correctly termed a Nuclear Renaissance: as worries about climate change and the volatility of oil prices grew, interest in nuclear power generation was rekindled.
InderScience Publishers is launching a new journal —
The publisher says that the international community must learn from these accidents in order to improve international co-operation, both in terms of crisis management and prevention of risks. IJNSS will provide an opportunity to exchange information on the implications of safe and secure operation of nuclear power plants and approaches taken by countries worldwide.
The publisher goes on to say:
The objectives of IJNSS are to establish an effective channel of communication between policy makers, government agencies, public authorities, academic and research institutions, citizens, consumer bodies, professionals industry, concerned with the safety and security of nuclear energy units. It also aims to promote and coordinate developments in the field of nuclear safety and security, and to provide authoritative, reliable information on nuclear safety and security for use in policy analyses and decision making that contributes to sustainable development in the framework of a global economy. The international dimension is emphasized in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs for a safe and secure development of nuclear energy.
The publisher says the readership will consist of policy makers and planners, operators, decision makers, international agencies, university academics, researchers, business leaders, managers, professionals, union leaders, practitioners, and consultants.
Among the topics which will be covered by the new journal:
- Strategic, managerial, organizational issues; total quality management (TQM) and environmental management
- Macroeconomics, nuclear economics and business
- Technological advances, issues, innovation, hazards; role of information and communication technologies (ICTs)
- Analysis/assessment methodologies, performance measurement
- Governance, policy strategy, assessment, review
- National/international environmental protection policy; ecosystem research
- Ecological/environmental impacts; risk assessment/legal aspects of pollution
- Waste disposal strategies; clean technologies
- Energy security and risk assessment; policy, standards and regulations
- Critical infrastructures design, protection, management
- Risk assessment, control, characterization, perception, communications, models
- Integrated risk assessment and safety management
- Nuclear systems management, transport, resource development, power quality
- Public policy, regulations, governance and nuclear use; public attitudes
- Knowledge based policies and education; knowledge transfer
