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Nuclear Power after Fukushima<br />
The Swedish Case<br />
Orla Vigsø<br />
School of Communicati<strong>on</strong>, Media and IT<br />
Södertörn University, Sweden<br />
orla.vigso@sh.se<br />
The Fukushima disaster in March 2011 presented both Tokyo Electric Power Company and the<br />
Japanese authorities with a crisis, but it even c<strong>on</strong>stituted a potential crisis in all other countries<br />
with nuclear reactors. It led to a crisis for producers and/or authorities in many countries, but in<br />
Sweden, the public c<strong>on</strong>tinued to have a high level of trust in nuclear power. This paper looks at<br />
the communicati<strong>on</strong> from different stakeholders, mainly the industry and the authorities, in order<br />
to explain why there never was a crisis for Swedish nuclear power. The c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> draws up<strong>on</strong><br />
the noti<strong>on</strong> of rhetorical arena, and the socio-political c<strong>on</strong>text as key factors in the crisis<br />
communicati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Keywords: Crisis communicati<strong>on</strong>, Nuclear power, Rhetoric, Rhetoric arena, Socio-political<br />
c<strong>on</strong>text<br />
Paper type: Case study<br />
Abstracts of <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Proceedings</str<strong>on</strong>g>: <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Corporate</strong> Communicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
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