Fukushima: The myth of safety, the reality of geoscience

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 37-46

  Nöggerath, Johannis ^a,b,c   Geller, Robert J ^c   Gusiakov, Viacheslav K ^d  

^a Swiss Nuclear Society   (Switzerland)

^b Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Fukushima; Japan; Nuclear safety; Seismic; Tepco; Tohoku; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755188582     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: 19383282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096340211421607     Document Type: Article

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