Fukushima

Making a case for disaster science and technology studies

Introduction As illustrated by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico and the uncontrolled radiation release at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, technoscience is implicated in disaster in myriad ways. These two disasters were not only...Read more

Science by, with and for citizens: rethinking ‘citizen science’ after the 2011 Fukushima disaster

This study illustrates how citizen-driven radiation monitoring has emerged in post-Fukushima Japan, where citizens generate their own radiation data and measurement devices to provide public with actionable data about their environments. Drawing on eth- nographic fieldwork in and around...Read more

The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission-Executive Summary (English)

The National Diet of Japan, The official report of The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission-Executive Summary (English)Read more

The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission-Executive Summary, aka Kurokawa-Commission-Report (Japanese)

The National Diet of Japan, The official report of The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission-Executive Summary (Japanese), also known as Kurokawa-Commission-Report-7-5-12-Japanese.pdfRead more

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