Writing the Hyper-Disaster: Embodied and Engendered Narrative after Nuclear Disaster.

The article explores the difficulty of decommissioning and containing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in Japan on March 11, 2011. It mentions that the number of missing persons adds uncertainty element on the ultimate damage that the Tohoku earthquake caused which is reminiscent o...

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Publicado en:	Comparatist Vol. 41; pp. 93 - 118
Autor principal:	JONES, EMILY
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of North Carolina Press Oct2017
Materias:	Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Fukushima, Japan, 2011 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl, Ukraine, 1986 Earthquakes Nuclear power plant commissioning Cleanup of radioactive waste sites Japan
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Sumario:	The article explores the difficulty of decommissioning and containing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in Japan on March 11, 2011. It mentions that the number of missing persons adds uncertainty element on the ultimate damage that the Tohoku earthquake caused which is reminiscent of the speculation about the effects of Chernobyl, coupled with the spread of Fukushima radiation and the risks associated with its cleanup.