Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Site in Japan.

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Source	Author	Role	In one line
Not the End of the World	Hannah Ritchie	subject	After the tsunami, the text says no one died directly, one possible cancer death was reported, and around 2,700 premature deaths are attributed to evacuation stress.

Not the End of the World — Hannah Ritchie (2024)

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In 2011, the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan was hit by a tsunami after the country’s largest recorded earthquake. Remarkably, no one died directly from the incident.

• Role: subject
• In the book: After the tsunami, the text says no one died directly, one possible cancer death was reported, and around 2,700 premature deaths are attributed to evacuation stress.
• Why it matters: Second of the two accidents used to put nuclear risk in perspective.