Scientists and Research on the Effects of Radiation Exposure: From Hiroshima to Fukushima

Sawada Shoji; Jason Buckley

doi:10.1017/S1557466013034049

Scientists and Research on the Effects of Radiation Exposure: From Hiroshima to Fukushima

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2025

Sawada Shoji and

Jason Buckley

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In March 2011 disaster struck the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This incident compelled me to re-examine exactly how Japan became a nuclear energy giant, despite having suffered the consequences of nuclear weapons three times - the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Bikini Atoll hydrogen bomb test. I took a look back at the 1950s when nuclear power generation was first adopted and examined some of the records of the time.

Type: Research Article
Information: Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 11 , Issue 23 , June 2013 , e2

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1557466013034049 [Opens in a new window]
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