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It has been almost 12 months since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began. Although the Great East Japan earthquake and the following tsunami triggered it, the key causes of the nuclear accident lie in the institutional failures of political influence and industry-led regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was a failure of human institutions to acknowledge real reactor risks, a failure to establish and enforce appropriate nuclear safety standards and a failure to ultimately protect the public and the environment.<\/p>\n

This report, commissioned by Greenpeace International, addresses what lessons can be taken away from this catastrophe. The one-year memorial of the Fukushima accident offers a unique opportunity to ask ourselves what the tragedy \u2013 which is far from being over for hundreds of thousands of Japanese people \u2013 has taught us.<\/p>\n

And it also raises the question: are we prepared to learn?<\/p>\n

Download the Executive Summary<\/a><\/p>\n

Download the Full Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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