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The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Opinion: Five years after Fukushima, there are big lessons for nuclear disaster liability

11 Mar 2016

Makoto Takahashi (Department of Geography) discusses the impact of the Fukushima disaster and Japan's nuclear-liability laws.

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Yamada following the disaster. Homepage banner image taken in Ofunato by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Bradley in 2011, via Flickr

Rescuing normality: Day-to-day life inside Japan’s disaster shelters

08 Nov 2013

Life inside Japan’s disaster shelters following the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima disaster has been revealed by the only researcher to stay...

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