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The international communication of the Bikini disaster and its impact on atomic energy policy of relevant countries

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24501242
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Sociology/History of science and technology
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Yamazaki Masakatsu  東京工業大学, 社会理工学研究科, 名誉教授 (20106959)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) Kurihara Takeshi  東京工業大学, 社会理工学研究科, 東工大特別研究生 (50622544)
Research Collaborator Nakao Maika  立命館大学, 衣笠総合研究機構, 専門研究員 (10749724)
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywordsビキニ / 水爆実験 / 日本 / ヨーロッパ / 米国 / 西脇安 / ラッセル・アインシュタイン宣言 / 放射能 / ビキニ事件
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The US thermonuclear test at Bikini Atoll in March 1954 made the crew of Japanese fishing vessel _Daigo Fukuryu Maru_ suffer from serious radiation injury. Yashushi Nishiwaki, then the associate professor at Osaka City Medical College, informed the world of the Japanese scientists' research results on its radiological disaster. Using documents donated by Nishiwaki's family, this study shows that (1) the anti-nuclear bomb activities in the Osaka area financially supported his 1954 travel to European countries, (2) his encounter with Joseph Rotblat was one of key factors for the _Russell-Einstein Manifesto_ in 1955, (3) through his travel to the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countriest in 1957, the disaster became known in those countries, and (4) during his visit in the US, he supported Linus Pauling’s anti-nuclear activity.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (6 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 核時代を生きた科学者西脇安:ビキニ事件と原子力2016

    • Author(s)
      中尾麻伊香、栗原岳史、山崎正勝
    • Journal Title

      科学史研究

      Volume: 55 Pages: 88-89

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Yasushi Nishiwaki, Radiation Biophysics, and Peril and Hope in the Nuclear Age2015

    • Author(s)
      Maika Nakao, Takeshi Kurihara, and Masakatu Yamazaki
    • Journal Title

      Historia Scientiarum

      Volume: 25 Pages: 8-34

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Introduction: Transnational Origins of the Russell‒Einstein Manifesto and the Radiological Dimensions of the Nuclear Arms Race2015

    • Author(s)
      Toshihiro Higuchi and Masakatsu Yamazaki
    • Journal Title

      Historia Scientiarum

      Volume: 25 Pages: 1-7

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Resisting Nuclear Peril and Embracing Nuclear Power:2015

    • Author(s)
      Maika Nakao, Takeshi Kurihara, and Masakatsu Yamazaki
    • Journal Title

      Historia Scientiarum

      Volume: 25

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 西脇安文書とその整理状況2015

    • Author(s)
      山崎正勝、中尾麻伊香、永瀬ライマー桂子
    • Journal Title

      科学史研究

      Volume: 53 Pages: 405-407

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 核時代を生きた科学者西脇安:ビキニ事件と原子力2015

    • Author(s)
      中尾麻伊香、栗原岳史、山崎正勝
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪市立大学杉本キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-30
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 西脇安による欧州各国へのビキニ被害調査報告(その三)2014

    • Author(s)
      山崎正勝
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会
    • Place of Presentation
      酪農学園大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-25
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 西脇安による欧州各国への ビキニ被害調査報告(その二)

    • Author(s)
      山崎正勝
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会
    • Place of Presentation
      日本大学商学部
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Reporting to Europe the suffering from radiation exposure caused by the Bikini H-bomb: From Yasushi Nishiwaki to the Russell-Einstein Manifesto

    • Author(s)
      Masakatsu Yamazaki
    • Organizer
      24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine
    • Place of Presentation
      Manchester, UK
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 西脇安による欧州各国へのビキニ被害調査報告

    • Author(s)
      山崎正勝
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会
    • Place of Presentation
      三重大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 西脇安のよるビキニ放射線被害の欧州への伝達:1954年

    • Author(s)
      山崎正勝
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会
    • Place of Presentation
      広島大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Scientist Yasushi Nishiwaki in the Nuclear Age2015

    • Author(s)
      Maika Nakao, Masakatsu Yamazaki, Toshihiro Higuchi, and Takeshi Kurihara
    • Total Pages
      14
    • Publisher
      Tokyo Tech Museum and Archives
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 核時代を生きた科学者 西脇安2014

    • Author(s)
      中尾麻伊香、山崎正勝、樋口敏広、栗原岳史
    • Total Pages
      14
    • Publisher
      東京工業大学博物館
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] パンフレット 東京工業大学博物館 特別企画展示「核時代を生きた科学者 西脇安」

    • URL

      http://www.cent.titech.ac.jp/Publication/past_pamphlet.html

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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