후쿠시마 원전사고의 국제정치 = 원자력안전 거버넌스와 국제협력

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

After the Fukushima nuclear accident, the Japanese government declared to review its nuclear power policy completely. Germany, Swiss and other European countries officially announced their intentions to phase out nuclear power. From the Fukushima nuclear accident, we should learn that there is a great need for inspecting safety status of nuclear power plants during a power outage, preparing an initial reaction manual (setting up an emergency response system), establishing an emergency decision making process at a national level and providing and sharing information effectively in case of a nuclear accident; however, a policy switch which puts the safe management of nuclear power plants is the most crucial one. Moreover, changes in the administration system which secure independence and autonomy of nuclear power safety regulations and the pivot of the nuclear power administrative organization are needed.
In addition, creating a nuclear power cooperation network among Korea, China and Japan emerged as the most urgent task. The conception of Korea, China and Japan as a nuclear power cooperation community needs to overcome issues such as exchange of sensitive information and industrial security problems; however, this attempt will be an important step forward which prepares for an era after the Fukushima accident. Korea, China and Japan should build a cooperation system for exchange of information on nuclear power plants, comparative study of nuclear reactors and stability assessments at ordinary times. At the same time, a community discussion which enables a combined emergency cooperation system through which the three nations can immediately respond to a nuclear accident should start. Korea should make full use of and demonstrate its leadership at the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit in order to lead the cooperation of Korea, China, Japan and the rest of the world in the post-Fukushima era.