The Fukushima Catastrophe

Lau Kin Chi is Coordinator, Programme on Cultures of Sustainability at the Centre for Cultural Research and Development, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China. Huang Xiaomei is a freelance translator based in Hong Kong, China. He Zhixiong is Director of the Digital Section, Green Ground Rural Reconstruction Social Enterprise Alliance, China.

Foreword: Not Again, Please, Never Again - Rebecca Johnson.- Foreword: Charting Contested Contours Of Sustainaiblity, Development, Social And Ecological Justice - Anita Rampal.- Introduction: No Solutions In Sight, Making Possible The Impossible - Lau Kin Chi.- Introduction: Education For Ecological Justice And Social Justice – Cultivating The Capacity For Affect, Thinking, Autonomy And Action – Lau Kin Chi.- Introduction: When We Talk About Nuclear Energy, What Are We Talking About? - Huang Xiaomei.- Introduction: We Are In A Critical State - He Zhixiong.- Preface.- Part One.- I. What Happened In Fukushima?.- Ii. Natural Disasters Or Human-Caused Calamity.- Iii. Fairy Tale Of Astro Boy.- Iv. Three Questions On Nuclear Power.- V. The Long Road Home.- Vi.Revival? Clearing Evacuees To Zero?.- Vii. Glint Of Hope Ignited By The Olympic Torch?.- Viii. Where Did Contaminated Substances Go?.- Ix. Heart Of Darkness – The Molten Reactor Core.- X.Returning To The Scene: “Back Then, How Nice It Would Have Been, If Only….”.- Xi. Absent Supervision.- Xii. Radioactive Contamination Spread Worldwide – The Threat From Nuclear-Contaminated Water.- Xiii. Who Protects Decontamination Workers And Nuclear Energy Workers?.- Xiv. Mourning Of Nature.- Xv. From Nuclear Weapon To Nuclear Energy, From Nuclear Energy To Nuclear Weapon.- Xvi. The People’s Self Rescue.- Epilogue Resonance That Lit Up The Earth.- Part Two.- What I Saw After Shooting Fukushima For 10 Years – Toyoda Naomi.- Thoughts On Nuclear Power In Fukushima, Bangladesh, Rio, And Geneva - Ohashi Masaaki.- Eight Years From The Great East Japan Earthquake:  Current Situation Of Fukushima And Its Challenges - Aihara Hiroko.- Double Challenges To Japanese Farmers: The Nuclear Disaster And Transpacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement - Ando Takemasa.- Buildup Of Nuclear Armament Capability And The Post-War Statehood Of Japan: Fukushima And The Genealogy Of Nuclear Bombs And Power Plants - Muto Ichiyo.- "Obsession With Normalcy" And The World Today - Sun Ge.- Light Of The Sun Or Fire Of Purgatory: Nuclear Power Is The Destiny Of Industrial Civilization - Tian Song.