The nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, could give rise to another issue specific regional institution, this one focused on nuclear safety.

April 26 Chernobyl disaster A Soviet nuclear power plant in the Ukraine explodes, resulting in the worst nuclear power plant accident in history.

It is worth noting that the worst nuclear disaster in history directly caused only 31 fatalities.

On 26 April 1986, a reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, resulting in the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history.

The storage of nuclear waste in some parts of the territory raised the spectre of ecological disaster.

In Germany, the idea of a nuclear phase out has been gaining support ever since the Chernobyl disaster.

The nuclear industry s very existence is dependent on hidden public subsidies costs borne by society in the event of nuclear disaster, as well as the costs of the still unmanaged disposal of nuclear waste.

So how will the world first and foremost, the main nuclear powers react to the Fukushima disaster? Will the tide truly turn, propelling the world towards nuclear disarmament and a future free of nuclear weapons?

Of 5,400 hectares of farmland in Fukushima affected by the disaster, 690 hectares lie within the nuclear exclusion zone.

Polish adventurers entered the town of Pripyat in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and turned on lights for the first time since the 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

But in 2008, there isn't one single American city that has done effective plans to deal with a nuclear detonation disaster.

If Iran gains nuclear weapons, it may, like Nazi Germany before it, be engulfed by murderous folly, threatening disaster for Israel.

And last year s earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster only made a grim fiscal picture worse by requiring huge new spending on reconstruction.

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster happened after the major earthquake and tsunami on 11 March, 2011 (see here for Global Voices coverage).

Besides experiencing the powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami, Fukushima Prefecture also witnessed Japan's worst nuclear accident as a result of the disaster.

High on the agenda will be the security implications of nuclear safety the Fukushima catastrophe showed that nuclear power plants may be vulnerable not only to natural disaster, but also to terrorist sabotage.

BERLIN The Fukushima disaster in March reminded the world, 25 years after Chernobyl, that nuclear energy is anything but clean, secure, and affordable.

BERLIN Twenty five years after the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, the ongoing catastrophe at the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan has it must be hoped made clear once and for all that the purported blessings of the nuclear age are mere illusions nuclear power is neither clean nor safe nor cheap.

BIRMINGHAM The dramatic events that unfolded at Japan s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after last year s tsunami are commonly referred to as the Fukushima disaster.

After Japan s nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Germany decided to shut down its entire nuclear power industry and shift entirely to a strategy based on greater energy efficiency (lower energy input per unit of national income) and renewables.

And, of course, the reactions of the nuclear powers to the disaster at Fukushima will be watched and analyzed closely by the so called clandestine threshold countries.

But it must not take another Hiroshima or Nagasaki or an even greater disaster before they finally wake up and recognize the urgent necessity of nuclear disarmament.

The harsh reality thrown into stark relief by the Japanese disaster is that we do not yet have the luxury of dumping coal, gas, and nuclear power.

At the summit, the three countries issued a joint statement outlining cooperation on a wide range of issues, including nuclear safety, disaster prevention, economic growth, and the environment.

It, along with the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, was adopted in direct response to the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

First, the tsunami disaster illustrated the lack of a systematic disaster management framework, including disaster mitigation measures, in many countries.

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This is the largest metropolitan area disaster in decades, and it was not a natural disaster it was a disaster of engineering.

Of course, every country with nuclear power facilities should revise its safety measures in light of the Japanese disaster, which raised obvious questions about the sites chosen for such facilities.

BIRMINGHAM The dramatic events that unfolded at Japan s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after last year s tsunami are commonly referred to as the Fukushima disaster. We need look no further than this description to begin to understand the significant misconceptions that surround nuclear energy.

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Recognizing also the clear relationship between development, disaster risk reduction, disaster response and disaster recovery and the need to deploy efforts in all these areas,

Relevant United Nations organizations and donor Governments should strengthen the capacity of disaster prone countries in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and post disaster recovery within a disaster risk reduction framework, by supporting relevant initiatives in this field.

Recognizing the clear relationship between development, disaster risk reduction, disaster response and disaster recovery and the need to continue to deploy efforts in all these areas,

3 Including ESCAP, ASEAN, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and the Asian Disaster Reduction Centre.

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