was a Japanese assistant professor in

nuclear chemistry Nuclear chemistry is the sub-field of chemistry dealing with radioactivity, nuclear processes, and transformations in the nuclei of atoms, such as nuclear transmutation and nuclear properties. It is the chemistry of radioactive elements such as t ...

. He wrote several books on environment protection, and on the threat of nuclear waste. He was given the ''Yoko Tada Human Rights Award'' in 1992, and the ''Ihatobe Award'' in 1994. He was awarded the

Right Livelihood Award The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today." The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob vo ...

in 1997, jointly with

Mycle Schneider Mycle Schneider (pronounced ''Michael (given name), Michael'', /ˈmaɪkəl/) (born 1959 in Cologne) is a German Nuclear power, nuclear energy consultant and anti-nuclear activist based in Paris. He is the lead author of ''The World Nuclear Indus ...

. He was a prolific author on the subject of nuclear technology and issues surrounding nuclear power. Just before his death in 2000, he wrote a book called "Why There Will Be Another Nuclear Disaster", which was widely read after the

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan, which began on 11 March 2011. The cause of the accident was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which r ...

in 2011.

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