NEWS BRIEFING ALERT: Fukushima – one year on

Fukushima nuclear power plant

March 11th marks one year since the devastating Tohoku earthquake,
tsunami and associated nuclear incidents, and we’ve asked
several experts to give an update on everything from the current
situation on the ground to future nuclear power plant designs,
tsunami-proofability and whether experts think that nuclear power
has a future.

ONLINE BRIEFING: 08.00 JST Tue 6 Mar (in English)

13.00 JST Tue 6 mar (in Japanese)

Listen in to the briefing to hear from UK and Australian nuclear
and tsunami experts and ask questions such as:

• What is the situation on the ground at the nuclear
reactor?

• What have we learnt and can we stop it from happening
again?

• When can the hundreds of thousands of evacuated residents in
Fukushima return home?

• How is the tsunami recovery going?

• Can we become tsunami-proof in the future?

SPEAKERS:

• Prof Richard Wakeford, Professor Epidemiology, Visiting
Professor at the Dalton Nuclear Institute, University of
Manchester. Richard was a speaker at the International Expert
Symposium in Fukushima – Radiation and Health Risks held last
year and was in Japan last week for the International Symposium on
the Natural Radiation Exposures and Low Dose Radiation
Epidemiological Studies

• Prof James Goff, Director of the Australia-Pacific Tsunami
Research Centre and Natural Hazards Research Laboratory, University
of New South Wales and will be in Japan from March 10 for the
opening of the International Disaster Prevention Centre at Tohoku
University

• Third speaker to be confirmed

Prof Richard Wakeford will have very limited availability so please
ask your questions during the briefing.

BRIEFING DETAILS:

In English

DATE: Tuesday 6 March

START TIME: 8am JST

DURATION: Approx. 45 min

VENUE: Online

In Japanese

DATE: Tuesday 6 March

START TIME: 13.00 JST

DURATION: Approx. 45 min

VENUE: Online

JOINING ONLINE:

Journalists can follow the briefing online via audio and video
streaming. Each presenter will speak for 5-7 minutes followed by
questions. Journalists will have the opportunity to ask questions
online.

We will send details on how to login shortly.

For more information, please contact Lucy Simmonds at AusSMC Email:
lsimmonds@aussmc.org