An Ethical Reflection On The Risks Of Nuclear Technology

The spread of nuclear leakage caused by9.0magnitude earthquakes in Japan triggered a global "nuclear fear" and caused the worldwide reflection on the risks and safety of nuclear energy. The development and utilization of the nuclear energy is full of huge risk of human practical activities, it created for the mankind not only happiness, but also profoundly changed the destiny of humanity, impact on human security, its risk implication that nuclear technology in security and development dilemma. In today's global background in risk society, how to correctly view of nuclear energy and nuclear security between the dialectical relationship, how to correctly look at the power of nuclear energy and nuclear safety dialectical relationship, how to make full use of nuclear energy is the well-being of humanity, and then reasonable understanding and effective avoid nuclear risk, the greatest degree avoid unnecessary, man-made nuclear risk consequences, humans should have what kind of ethics and development ethics to manage nuclear technology and deal with nuclear technology risk, is the humanity should ponder earnestly and response rationally important issues.The goal of researching nuclear technology ethics is in order to let the human full understand the nuclear technology risk consequence and the origin of nuclear technology, establish with a certain universality of nuclear technology ethics, to guide the humanity use nuclear technology better and more safely. Based on above goal, this article carries on the depth analysis to the nuclear technology risk from the philosophy of science and technology, the theory of risk society, science and technology policy and other theoretical perspective, using the literature research and analysis, historical analysis, linking theory with practice method. Firstly, a systematic study of the nuclear physics nuclear technology from research stage, the military nuclear deterrence stage to the peaceful applications of phase in the history of the development process, the specific analysis of nuclear technology in different historical stages of human society to bring the risk of nuclear war, nuclear accident risk and nuclear waste disposal in risk, elaborated these risks bring harm to human beings; secondly, multi-dimensional depth analysis of the nuclear technology risk cognitive root system root causes, and social ethics; thirdly, to prevent the risk of nuclear technology methods and Countermeasures to intensive ethical reflection, put forward from nuclear science ethics, political ethics, the ethics of nuclear safety and nuclear ecological ethics in four aspects to prevent and in response to the nuclear risk; finally, to absorb and draw lessons from the world nuclear technology development and management policy disputes, and based on the experiences and lessons, interpretation of China's nuclear technology development strategy and policy, stressed the importance of China's peaceful development of nuclear technology ethical choice.Application of nuclear technology in times of peace, we should promote cosmopolitanism moral, against the use of nuclear weapons, against the nuclear arms race, maintain the world peace, face the energy crisis, the reality of scarce resources, adhere to the scientific and rational principles of sustainable development. We should peacefully, safely and scientific use the nuclear technology, strive for the harmonious development between man and nature, between man and society, between man and man. In the face of energy crisis, resources shortage in reality, we should use nuclear technology peacefully and scientific, make science and technology better serve humanity.