Fukushima in review: A complex disaster, a disastrous response

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 9-21

  Funabashi, Yoichi ^a,b   Kitazawa, Kay ^a  

^a Independent Investigation Commission   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

communication; disaster; earthquake; Fukushima; nuclear energy; Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation; safety; Tepco; tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860295103     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: 19383282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096340212440359     Document Type: Review

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