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Overcoming the Fukushima wastewater crisis: What the Japanese authorities could do to address opposing views

In April 2021, the Japanese authorities' announcement of their decision to release processed wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean over 30 y, beginning in 2023, triggered strong domestic and international opposition. Failure to handle this situ...

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Main Authors: Ng, Kwan Hoong, Yoong, David, Gong, Jiankun
Format: Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022
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Communication. Mass media
RA Public aspects of medicine
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/42807/
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spelling my.um.eprints.428072023-08-25T02:06:21Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/42807/ Overcoming the Fukushima wastewater crisis: What the Japanese authorities could do to address opposing views Ng, Kwan Hoong Yoong, David Gong, Jiankun Communication. Mass media RA Public aspects of medicine In April 2021, the Japanese authorities' announcement of their decision to release processed wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean over 30 y, beginning in 2023, triggered strong domestic and international opposition. Failure to handle this situation tactfully can lead to public disorder, civil disobedience, loss of trust in the authorities, and even diplomatic sanctions. In this article, we explain the underlying reasons behind this resistance, and we offer some strategic methods that the Japanese authorities can deploy to address opposing views and overcome the Fukushima wastewater crisis. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022-06 Article PeerReviewed Ng, Kwan Hoong and Yoong, David and Gong, Jiankun (2022) Overcoming the Fukushima wastewater crisis: What the Japanese authorities could do to address opposing views. Health Physics, 122 (6). pp. 696-704. ISSN 0017-9078,
institution Universiti Malaya
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topic Communication. Mass media
RA Public aspects of medicine
spellingShingle Communication. Mass media
RA Public aspects of medicine
Ng, Kwan Hoong
Yoong, David
Gong, Jiankun
Overcoming the Fukushima wastewater crisis: What the Japanese authorities could do to address opposing views
description In April 2021, the Japanese authorities' announcement of their decision to release processed wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean over 30 y, beginning in 2023, triggered strong domestic and international opposition. Failure to handle this situation tactfully can lead to public disorder, civil disobedience, loss of trust in the authorities, and even diplomatic sanctions. In this article, we explain the underlying reasons behind this resistance, and we offer some strategic methods that the Japanese authorities can deploy to address opposing views and overcome the Fukushima wastewater crisis.
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author Ng, Kwan Hoong
Yoong, David
Gong, Jiankun
author_facet Ng, Kwan Hoong
Yoong, David
Gong, Jiankun
author_sort Ng, Kwan Hoong
title Overcoming the Fukushima wastewater crisis: What the Japanese authorities could do to address opposing views
title_short Overcoming the Fukushima wastewater crisis: What the Japanese authorities could do to address opposing views
title_full Overcoming the Fukushima wastewater crisis: What the Japanese authorities could do to address opposing views
title_fullStr Overcoming the Fukushima wastewater crisis: What the Japanese authorities could do to address opposing views
title_full_unstemmed Overcoming the Fukushima wastewater crisis: What the Japanese authorities could do to address opposing views
title_sort overcoming the fukushima wastewater crisis: what the japanese authorities could do to address opposing views
publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/42807/
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