Containing the Atom: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Nuclear Power in the United States and South Korea

@article{Jasanoff2009ContainingTA,  title={Containing the Atom: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Nuclear Power in the United States and South Korea},  author={Sheila Jasanoff and Sang‐Hyun Kim},  journal={Minerva},  year={2009},  volume={47},  pages={119-146},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:145288441}}
STS research has devoted relatively little attention to the promotion and reception of science and technology by non-scientific actors and institutions. One consequence is that the relationship of science and technology to political power has tended to remain undertheorized. This article aims to fill that gap by introducing the concept of “sociotechnical imaginaries.” Through a comparative examination of the development and regulation of nuclear power in the US and South Korea, the article… 

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