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There are several risks in choosing the nuclear path – the biggest being financial.
When Australia’s government and opposition argue over how to get to net zero emissions, nuclear power is the flashpoint. The argument against nuclear is stronger, but not for the obvious reason.
Japan’s much-criticised plan to release wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific is underway – and many are concerned.
Suzume stands its ground in the large collection of films and literature coming to terms with the memory of Japan’s 2011 triple disaster.
An independent assessment of Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, nearly 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, finds it safe and reasonable.
Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is set to release radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean – but the cause for concern is minimal.
It is impossible to label nuclear power as sustainable without taking into account the entire life cycle of a nuclear reactor and the industry’s exposure to environmental and geopolitical risks.
Japan has a long experience of hazards and disasters. Yet it does not seem like all lessons have been applied when it comes to COVID.
How to prevent future disasters by learning from the past. Listen to episode 21 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
The fault line that ruptured causing the Fukushima disaster hadn’t done so for over 1,000 years.
The rush to evacuate communities and abandon nuclear energy was understandable, but an error.
On the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, two experts explain why human choices are more important to nuclear safety than technology, and why the job is far from finished.
From Fukushima to a stalkers visual diary, art can be confrontational whether it’s far away or uncomfortably close
In 2011 the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster struck Japan. Eight years later, Fukushima is perceived in very different ways by the West and by Japan.
Lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and the Fukushima disaster in 2011 have changed how utilities brace for big storms.
Oil spills, nuclear meltdowns and chemical poisonings should be taught in schools.
Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima demonstrated the difficulty of managing a disaster at a nuclear power plant. What is the situation in France?
Ebola has spread to a large city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Perhaps the expert handling of the Fukushima nuclear leak could provide a template for what to do next.
On March 11, 2011, a nuclear disaster struck Japan. Translated testimony by the power plant’s manager reveals how close the world came to a greater catastrophe – and how much there is to be learned.
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Directeur du Centre de recherche sur les risques et les crises, Mines Paris - PSL
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Associate Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
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Professor of Globalisation and Development; Director of the Oxford Martin Programmes on Technological and Economic Change, The Future of Work and the Future of Development, University of Oxford
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Professor of Risk Management, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer, Japanese Studies, University of New England
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Assistant Professor, North Greenville University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Nuclear Reactors and Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Australian National University
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Professor and Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Assistant Professor, Heriot-Watt University
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Sociologue, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom
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Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Management, Anglia Ruskin University
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Lecturer in History, Coventry University
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Chargé de recherche en histoire des risques industriels, Centre de recherche sur les Risques et les Crises, Mines Paris - PSL
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Maître de conférence (HdR) en ingénierie et sécurité industrielle, Centre de recherche sur les risques et les crises, Mines Paris - PSL
