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US hegemony and the origins of Japanese nuclear power : the politics of consent
This paper deploys the Gramscian concepts of hegemony and consent in order to explore the process whereby nuclear power was brought to Japan. The core argument is that nuclear power was brought to Japan as a consequence of US hegemony. Rather than a simple manifestation of one state exerting material ‘power over' another, bringing nuclear power to Japan involved a series of compromises worked out within and between state and civil society in both Japan and the USA. Ideologies of nationalism, imperialism and modernity underpinned the process, coalescing in post-war debates about the future trajectory of Japanese society, Japan's Cold War alliance with the USA and the role of nuclear power in both. Consent to nuclear power was secured through the generation of a psychological state in the public mind combining the fear of nuclear attack and the hope of unlimited consumption in a nuclear-fuelled post-modern world
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NUCLEAR EXCITATION OF Al, Si, Ca AND Co PRODUCED BY u- CAPTURE
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DOPPLER BROADENING OF THE 6.322-MeV >--RAY FROM 15N FOLLOWING h' CAPTURE IN l6O
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DOPPLER BROADENING OF THE 6.322-MeV >--RAY FROM 15N FOLLOWING h' CAPTURE IN l6O
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PARTIAL CAPTURE RATES OF MUONS BY l6O LEADING TO EXCITED NUCLEAR STATES OF 15N
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Cryopump, neutral-beam compatibility test
The design and performance testing plan for a cryopump to be used on the TFTR neutral beams injectors are briefly discussed. The cryopump consists of an outer envelope at liquid nitrogen temperature, and an inner envelope at liquid helium temperature. In the cryopanel-chevron structure to be tested, a deuterium condensation rate of 2.5 x 10/sup 4/ liters/s is predicted. A three phase test plan for performance testing at both LBL and LLL is delineated. (RME