Fukushima at 10 – What happened, and the real lessons learned for Energy Policy

A FREE talk for the public by Gordon Taylor (Director of GT Gas Installations Ltd)

Fukushima at 10: What happened, and the real lessons learned for Energy Policy

The Fukushima disaster was aggravated by the personnel being responsible for multiple reactors under emergency conditions. There had been no testing or drills of Station Blackouts and Loss of Cooling Accidents in the 40 years since they were built. Once reactor meltdowns and radioactive releases had occurred, they had no means of mapping the fallout to guide evacuation.

The later Abe government has coerced 'voluntary' evacuees to return by stopping their housing subsidies after only six years. Many still resist returning, despite the hardships. The Abe government has encouraged the restart of the 39 remaining operable nuclear power plants, but succeeded with only a few. Nuclear power is still strongly resisted by most Japanese people.

IMechEZoom meeting

This event will be delivered via Zoom at the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83116982994

Meeting ID: 831 1698 2994
Passcode: 398624

When
10 March 2021 from 19:30 to 21:30
Location
Online meeting or live stream (see details)
United Kingdom