Krisenmanagement in Kerntechnischen Notf\"allen -- Eine Evaluaierung Am Beispiel der Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the crisis management during the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, highlighting deficiencies in regulation, resource management, and communication, and offers lessons for improving nuclear safety and crisis resilience.

Contribution

It provides an evaluation of Fukushima's crisis management, incorporating interviews and literature to identify key weaknesses and suggest improvements for nuclear safety protocols.

Findings

Regulatory independence was insufficient

Mismanagement of technical resources occurred

Communication failures led to unnecessary evacuations

Abstract

The objective of this pre-scientific paper is to analyze the crisis management during the Fukushima nuclear accident in the year of 2011 and to derive lessons for a safer operation of reactors along with a more resilient crisis management framework. In addition to official reports and subject literature, the conducted methods included interviews with an IAEA safeguard and a political scientist. The central findings were that the accident pointed out deficiencies regarding the independence of the regulatory body and that mismanagement of the available technical resources in conjunction with insufficient communication led to evitable evacuations.