The Fukushima nuclear disaster: Causes, consequences and implications

• Main Authors: REB, Jochen, IINUMA, Yoshisuke, JOSHI, Havovi
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Fukushima; Crisis Management; Decision-Making; Japan Public Policy; Nuclear Disaster; Groupthink; Japan; Business and Corporate Communications; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Energy Policy; Environmental Policy; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Public Policy; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/28; https://cmp.smu.edu.sg/case/3061
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This case study discusses the causes, consequences and implications of the nuclear disaster at TEPCO’s (Tokyo Electric Power Company’s) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, that was triggered by a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami waves on March 11, 2011. Over the following d...