On the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, two experts explain why human choices are more important to nuclear safety than technology, and why the job is far from finished.
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Project Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
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Ph.D. Student in Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Tokyo
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Research Affiliate in Marine Ecology, University of Newcastle; University of Tokyo
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Tokyo
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Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
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Project Researcher, University of Tokyo
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Professor of Comparative and Transnational Law, University of Sydney; University of Tokyo
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Professor, Division of Environmental Studies, University of Tokyo
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Former postdoctoral researcher on machine learning applied to chemical engineering and currently science communicator for the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), University of Tokyo
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Doctoral Candidate in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Tokyo
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Specially Appointed Associate Professor, College of Business, University of Tokyo
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Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo
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Professor of Cosmochemistry, University of Tokyo
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Professor of Biological Anthropology, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, University of Tokyo
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Professor, Atmosphere and Ocearn Research Institute (Honorary Professor, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University), University of Tokyo