| ID | 158678 |
| Title Proper | Epistemic frictions |
| Other Title Information | radioactive fallout, health risk assessments, and the Eisenhower administration’s nuclear-test ban policy, 1954–1958 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Higuchi, Toshihiro |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The successful test of a US thermonuclear weapon in 1954 raised a compelling question as to the worldwide dispersion of radioactive fallout. This article reexamines the Eisenhower administration's test-ban policy in the context of global radioactive contamination. To explain the shifting public discourse of the global fallout hazards and its impact on the test-ban debate, the article focuses on epistemic frictions, seeking to demonstrate how a variety of expert bodies evaluated scientific uncertainty and moral ambiguity concerning the biological effects of fallout from different sets of concerns, and how the resulting incongruence both within and between the scientific advisory committees fueled the fallout controversy and affected the Eisenhower administration’s test-ban policy leading toward the test moratorium in 1958. |
| `In' analytical Note |
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 18, No.1; 2018: p.99-124 |
| Journal Source | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol: 18 No 1 |
| Key Words | Radioactive Fallout ; Epistemic Frictions ; Health Risk Assessments ; Eisenhower Administration’s Nuclear-test Ban Policy ; 1954–1958 |