Imperfect notes on an imperfect world

Imperfect notes on an imperfect world

Things break

Reflections on Fukushima

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Christopher Hobson
Mar 09, 2021
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With the impending anniversary of Japan’s triple disasters, this piece reflects on an important lesson I learnt from the research I did on the Fukushima nuclear accident: some things break.

On 11 March 2011, a huge earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a massive tsunami that struck the Tohoku region. This, in turn, led to a nuclear disaster at the …

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