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2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Historical study on the introduction of nuclear technology from the US to Japan

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 26350360
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

Kurihara Takeshi  東京工業大学, リベラルアーツ研究教育院, 研究員 (50622544)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Keywords原子力 / 日米関係 / 科学者運動 / 日米科学協力 / 冷戦期の科学史 / 外交政策と科学 / 米陸軍研究局
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify the social background of the history of the introduction of nuclear technology from the United States to Japan in the 1950s-1960s, based on the recently declassified official documents of the U.S. It argues that the U.S. government initiated joint research and scientific exchanges between the U.S. and Japan to promote the friendship in science to mitigate the influences of the Japanese scientist movement, which was against the nuclear and foreign policies of the U.S. and Japan. This thus points out that the introduction of nuclear technology to Japan was pursued in large to serve the US foreign policy interests.

Free Research Field

科学史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は,第二次世界大戦後の冷戦期において,科学研究活動の振興が米国の外交政策の一つとしての役割を果たしており,その一環として,日本における科学研究活動も米国は重視していたことを実証的に明らかにすることができた.近年,冷戦期の科学史の呼ばれることもある,20世紀後半の冷戦期において科学や科学者が多様な役割を果たしてきたことについての歴史研究が,欧米を中心に盛んにおこなわれている.本研究は,日本における冷戦期の科学史の研究の一つとして,意義を持つものである.

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Published: 2020-03-30  

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