Essays about: "nuclear disaster"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words nuclear disaster.

  1. 1. VC Funding & Success of Clean Tech Startups: Impact of Exogenous Demand Shocks

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Jakub Horyna; Finn Aretz; [2023]
    Keywords : Venture Capital; Clean Technology; Demand Shocks;

    Abstract : Using a dataset of 51,184 global early-stage venture capital (VC) financing rounds, we examine the impact of exogenous demand shocks on VC funding and success rates in the clean technology sector. Specifically, we investigate the repercussions of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (2011) and the Paris Agreement (2015). READ MORE

  3. 2. In search of a posture of peace : Exploring the humanitarian response to nuclear weapons

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Tijmen Hoekstra; [2023]
    Keywords : Humanitarian Action; Nuclear Weapons; Disaster; Prevention; Posture of Peace; War; Security;

    Abstract : Nuclear weapons pose a threat to humanity and a disaster waiting to happen; should tragedy occur the humanitarian sector will undoubtedly be among the first to respond to the needs of the victims. The scale and scope of a nuclear disaster is bound to be far beyond the capability and capacity of states to adequately address, let alone humanitarian organizations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mediating the Past and Historicizing the Present: The HBO Series Chernobyl (2019) and Its Transnational Audience Responses on IMDb

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Wei Xu; [2023]
    Keywords : Chernobyl; nuclear disaster; audience research; media and memories; cultural memory; television drama and history; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put the vulnerability of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant under the spotlight. Meanwhile, the remembrance and reflection of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 has been ongoing in different media among which the HBO mini-series Chernobyl (2019) stands out and resonates transnationally. READ MORE

  5. 4. A False Sense of Security? - A Critical Analysis of the Civilian Protection Against Attacks on Nuclear Power Plants in International Armed Conflicts

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Sam Boekelman; [2022]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Public international law; International humanitarian law; International armed conflicts; Nuclear power plants; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Mot bakgrund av kriget mellan Ryssland och Ukraina i närheten av kärnkraft-verket i Zaporizjzja frågar sig många hur civilbefolkningar i dag är skyddade mot en potentiell kärnkraftskatastrof orsakad av krig. Syftet med denna upp-sats är således att undersöka vilka bestämmelser som finns för att skydda ci-vila mot militära attacker på kärnkraftverk i internationella väpnade konflikter, samt att undersöka hur effektivt de nämnda bestämmelserna skyddar civila. READ MORE

  6. 5. The picture has changed, how about the frame? Media framing of nuclear energy in Japan before and after the Fukushima nuclear disaster

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Gabriela-Cosmina Gherghe; [2021]
    Keywords : Media framing; Framing analysis; Thematic analysis; Fukushima; Nuclear power; Japan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake followed by a 15-meter tsunami and a nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi changed the normal course of events in Japan and far beyond it. Among other consequences, the events triggered a sudden increase in domestic and international media coverage. READ MORE