1. In Japan, Relief at Radiation's Low Toll.
- Author
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Hayashi, Yuka, Drovak, Phred, and Lee Hotz, Robert
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SENDAI Earthquake, Japan, 2011 , *FUKUSHIMA Nuclear Accident, Fukushima, Japan, 2011 , *ENVIRONMENTAL disasters , *ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis , *NATURAL disasters - Abstract
The article discusses the physical health of residents and environmental conditions in Japan a year after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. According to the article, the effects on health and the environment as a result were minimal. The article compares the impact of the natural disaster in Japan with the 1986 nuclear accident in Chernobyl, Ukraine. The article offers comments from Oregon State University environmental specialist Kathryn Higley.
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- 2012