On Forgetting Fukushima
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2134203 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roderick A Jacobs (0000-0001-6607-908X, corresponding author), Robert Jacob (0000-0002-9444-6593) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 12 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466016012456 |
| OpenAlex | W3096624458 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This month the media and social networks are busy remembering Fukushima on the fifth anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, but what we are really observing is the beginning of the work of forgetting Fukushima. Fukushima is taking its place alongside the many forgotten nuclear disasters of the last 70 years. Like Mayak and Santa Susana, soon all that will be left of the Fukushima nuclear disaster are the radionuclides that will cycle through the ecosystem for millennia. In that sense we are internalizing Fukushima into our body unconsciousness
Forgetting · Fukushima Nuclear Accident · Nuclear disaster · Nuclear engineering · Nuclear physics · Nuclear plant · Nuclear power plant · Physics · Engineering · History · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |