Nuclear threats are increasing – here’s how the US should prepare for a nuclear event
What if there was another nuclear incident in the US? A disaster management scholar looks back at the history of nuclear events to assess the risk.
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After the disasters, can we revive a free trade agreement with Japan?
Prime Minister Julia Gillard was one of the first world leaders to visit Japan after the nation was stricken on 3 March by the earthquake-tsunami-radiation triple disaster. But the Australian government…
Are we living through an earthquake cluster?
Since the 2004 Sumatra earthquake, there have been several major events, and a large number of magnitude-8 earthquakes – a cluster, it could be said, of large earthquakes. The last time we saw this was…
Japan quake caused 400km seismic slip
The magnitude 9 earthquake that occurred in Japan in March this year caused a 400km long land rupture, releasing centuries of pent up energy caused by two tectonic plates pushing slowly against each other…
Fire, tsunami, pandemic: how to ensure societies learn lessons from disaster – podcast
How to prevent future disasters by learning from the past. Listen to episode 21 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Swamped with saltwater: what a tsunami does to rice farmers
Japan’s tsunami of March 11 2011 brought a wall of water laden with debris up to 5 kilometres inland from the sea. After the surge receded, the surrounding farming area was left covered in debris and a…
Learning from the Japan tsunami
What lessons can we learn from the March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami? Well, hindsight is a wonderful thing. We can, of course, question the wisdom of placing nuclear power plants in coastal locations…
Uranium mines harm Indigenous people – so why have we approved a new one?
The Yeelirrie uranium mine is the latest instalment in Australia’s long tradition of ignoring the dignity and welfare of Aboriginal communities in the pursuit of nuclear fuel.
No need for nuclear, even in the face of climate change
Before the Fukushima reactor was swamped by a tsunami, there had been a wave of enthusiasm for nuclear power. The problems in Japan have probably ended the risk of Australia going down the nuclear path…
We can’t abandon nuclear now
It won’t surprise many people that world carbon emissions have failed to slow down, but the fact we’re now at risk of surpassing targets set for nine years hence, intended to limit the global rise in temperature…
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