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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Reflections on Fukushima: A time to mourn, to learn, and to teach

Reflections on Fukushima: A time to mourn, to learn, and to teach

Article Highlights

  • The accident at Fukushima Daiichi has posed a challenge for the world's media, which have struggled to communicate the concept of "afterheat." Now, more than ever, scientists and experts are needed to educate journalists.
  • The agonizing choices about what to eat and where to live that are starting to confront Japanese citizens can best be understood by acknowledging a large dread-to-risk ratio.
  • The earthquake and tsunami may have brought a message as critically important to hospitals and data centers as to the nuclear industry.

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