suggest recommendations to limit the expansion of the damages of the accident and
to prevent the recurrence of similar crises. The investigation should identify the
causes of the accident and the causes of the damages it inflicted to Japan. The
members of the Committee ambitioned to carry out a thorough investigation which
outcome would satisfy every question about the accident, and whose results would
remain valid for the next century. The final report is issued in July 2012.
The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent
Investigation Commission (NAIIC) has been established via a dedicated act—
named NAIIC act—on 30 October 2011. On 8 December 2011, the ten members of
the Commission are designated by the Diet president. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a doctor
of medicine and former chairperson of the Science Council of Japan is appointed
chairperson. The nine other members are scientists, legal experts and politicians.
The investigation of the NAIIC focuses on the causes of the accident and of the
damage of the accident. It also reminds how the stakeholders dealt with the accident, and points out the lack of efficiency of their responses in the face of the
extreme situation. Finally, it suggests measures to be applied in order to prevent
another nuclear accident from happening in Japan and to mitigate its possible
consequences. The final report is published in September 2012.
One of The Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA) tasks is to strengthen the legal,
scientific and technological bases of the nuclear safety in the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In September 2013, it drew up
a report on the lessons learnt from the Fukushima accident. This document has been
written under the direction of the Director-General Luis Echávarri. It lists the efforts
made by the OECD member countries to improve safety management following the
accident, and gives general recommendations based on the main lessons learned.
The American National Academy of Science published a report sponsored by the
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission in July 2014. The study has been
carried out by a committee consisting of various scientists and engineers with
different competencies. The committee was led by Norman P. Neureiter. The aim of
the report is to summarize the multiple causes of the nuclear accident and to suggest
recommendations to enhance the American nuclear facilities’ safety.
2.2 The Accident According to the Reports
The analysis of the recommendations given in the different reports highlights the
flaws identified by the institutional bodies. This helps to understand their representation of the accident and the crisis management. In this article, the notion of
“representation” refers to a mental map, that being the whole of causal, proximal
and influence relations established by people in order to understand a problem or a
problematic issue [8].
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to prevent the recurrence of similar crises. The investigation should identify the
causes of the accident and the causes of the damages it inflicted to Japan. The
members of the Committee ambitioned to carry out a thorough investigation which
outcome would satisfy every question about the accident, and whose results would
remain valid for the next century. The final report is issued in July 2012.
The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent
Investigation Commission (NAIIC) has been established via a dedicated act—
named NAIIC act—on 30 October 2011. On 8 December 2011, the ten members of
the Commission are designated by the Diet president. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a doctor
of medicine and former chairperson of the Science Council of Japan is appointed
chairperson. The nine other members are scientists, legal experts and politicians.
The investigation of the NAIIC focuses on the causes of the accident and of the
damage of the accident. It also reminds how the stakeholders dealt with the accident, and points out the lack of efficiency of their responses in the face of the
extreme situation. Finally, it suggests measures to be applied in order to prevent
another nuclear accident from happening in Japan and to mitigate its possible
consequences. The final report is published in September 2012.
One of The Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA) tasks is to strengthen the legal,
scientific and technological bases of the nuclear safety in the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In September 2013, it drew up
a report on the lessons learnt from the Fukushima accident. This document has been
written under the direction of the Director-General Luis Echávarri. It lists the efforts
made by the OECD member countries to improve safety management following the
accident, and gives general recommendations based on the main lessons learned.
The American National Academy of Science published a report sponsored by the
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission in July 2014. The study has been
carried out by a committee consisting of various scientists and engineers with
different competencies. The committee was led by Norman P. Neureiter. The aim of
the report is to summarize the multiple causes of the nuclear accident and to suggest
recommendations to enhance the American nuclear facilities’ safety.
2.2 The Accident According to the Reports
The analysis of the recommendations given in the different reports highlights the
flaws identified by the institutional bodies. This helps to understand their representation of the accident and the crisis management. In this article, the notion of
“representation” refers to a mental map, that being the whole of causal, proximal
and influence relations established by people in order to understand a problem or a
problematic issue [8].
The Account of the Fukushima Daiichi Accident …
235