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Generation And Avoidance Of Technology Risk

Posted on:2013-10-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W C SunFull Text:PDF
GTID:2249330374955022Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Technology continues to move forward more and more convenience to people’s lives.However, technology is a "double-edged sword", and brought some unexpected seriousconsequences. On March11,2011, earthquake triggered a tsunami in Japan, resulting innuclear power plant in Fukushima loss of electrical power, sparking a nuclear reactionshutdown and produce an explosion to the final nuclear accident occurs, which is anotherserious following the Chernobyl Nuclear accident. This serious accident, caused by theworldwide attention and panic, because nuclear energy is a kind of new energy that used inlarge-scale in many countries around the world. Nuclear energy is powerful, but the risks arealso huge. The nuclear leak of Fukushima in Japan, make the whole world focus on nucleartechnology inevitably. Every country has been sounded the alarm. It is necessary tore-examine whether their country’s nuclear facilities have the same potentially dangerous.Although we can not completely eliminate the danger, we can reduce it to minimize, andmake the nuclear technology to the greatest benefit to mankind. Now more and more scholarsbegan to think about the risk generated by technology. Our world’s progress is relying onscientific without it we can do nothing. We have to do more research on the risks generatedby technology and how to avoid them, so that mankind can enjoy the benefits brought bytechnology and avoid suffering the pain caused by technology in the meantime.
Keywords/Search Tags:technology risk, risk society, technological risk aversion, Japannuclear leak
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