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AUDIO on Japanese disasters and the continuing nuclear threat

Japanese Disasters (ABC RN Ockham’s Razor, 14 October 2012) Listen now  Download audio  show transcript Roger Pulvers is the Head of the Center for the Study of World Civilizations at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and talks about the history of disasters in Japan and about the big earthquake and tsunami that struck that country last year. He also looks at what can be done to prevent or at least minimise the effect of these types of disasters.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/japanese-disasters/4303504

(Includes discussion of the monstrous hazard posed by nuclear power plants, the potential disaster of widespread radiation contamination.)

October 20, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual