2016 Volume 12 Pages 215-226
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster was brought about by the “Safety Dogma.” This dogma's main mention was that there would not be any accident in Japanese nuclear industry forever. Why did we believe such a stupid myth? At the beginning of Japan's nuclear industry, there was a large repertoire of fear of risks, which was pointed out by some scientists. But that fear was not reflected to science policy at that time. We must understand what prevented scientific knowledge from being utilized for safety precaution. In this paper, we try to chase the historical pass in which Japanese technocratic structure was made. And in that pass, we would see an illiberal thought was adopted for science policy. Japanese technocracy demanded scientists to limit their own academic liberty for realizing economic plan. Instrumental reason was in priority to scientific reason. This kind of conflict between two reasons has been maintained in technocratic world after WWII. The contemporary nuclear industry has all but isomorphic structure compared with the prewar structure of technocracy. For transcending the “Safety Dogma” and dependence on technocracy, it is necessary for us to recognize the inherent risks of technology, and to surveil our science policy and technocracy.
