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A scoping review on the mental health of disaster responders for natural disasters in Japan
This scoping review synthesized 55 studies (1997–2025) on the mental health of disaster responders in Japan following natural disasters. Mental health outcomes varied by occupation, with higher prevalence among healthcare workers, local government employees, and nuclear power plant workers, and lower prevalence among firefighters and JGSDF personnel ...
Yukari Ito +4 more
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BackgroundPublic interest in radiation rose after the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident was caused by an earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku on March 11, 2011. Various reports on the accident and
Hasegawa, Shin +6 more
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This article explores the activities of daily life in a village neighbouring the TEPCO nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It argues that one of the potentials of taking a dwelling perspective – a phenomenological approach to living within the ecological and social environments – emerges most compellingly within a polluted landscape.
Tomoko Sakai
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Organizations under Large Uncertainty: An Analysis of the Fukushima Catastrophe [PDF]
This paper analyzes the impacts of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, which were amplified by a failure of coordination across the plant, corporate, industrial, and regulatory levels, resulting in a ...
Geoffrey Rothwell, Masahiko Aoki
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Uncertainty study of LOCA accidents for developing FLEX strategy in nuclear power plants
As an aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear accident and its implications for public acceptance of nuclear energy, the nuclear industry has begun to seriously rethink and improve the safety strategies of nuclear power plants.
Yihua DUO, Zili HUANG, Hong XU
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The accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011, caused by an earthquake and a subsequent tsunami, resulted in a failure of the power systems that are needed to cool the reactors at the plant.
Sanjeev Gupta
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A Lesson from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
At 3:36 pm on March 12, 2011, the day after the mega earthquake and tsunami hit northeast Honshu, Japan's main island, the No.1 reactor building of the Fukushima No.1 Power Plant exploded. Soon after, an order for 77,000 residents from 28,000 households within 20 km of the power plant was issued, instructing people to evacuate to areas outside a 20km ...
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ABSTRACT READINESS represents a proactive mindset reflecting an organization's willingness and capability to prepare for crises and respond ethically. To understand how organizations become “ready” for complex crises, particularly those arising from public moral outrage over publicly exposed AI use, this article proposes the Contextual READINESS Model ...
Junzhen Li +3 more
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Evacuation effect on excess mortality among institutionalized elderly after the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant accident [PDF]
The Great East Japan Earthquake hit Fukushima Prefecture on March 11, 2011, just over 3 years ago and it continues to affect our lives. In Fukushima, many people are confirmed dead or still missing due to the earthquake and/or tsunami.
Yasumura, Seiji
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Socioeconomic status, damage-related conditions, and PTSD following the Fukushima-daiichi nuclear power plant accident:The Fukushima Health Management Survey [PDF]
The Great East Japan Earthquake severely damaged the Tohoku and Kanto districts, and Fukushima Prefecture faced a subsequent nuclear disaster. Few studies have reported the effects of socioeconomic stressors on individuals' mental status following ...
Ohira, Tetsuya +11 more
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