Symposium on the 2011 East Japan Great Disaster Beyond the Scope of Risk Analysis Framework

Revisit to the Risk Assessment and Governance of Low-Probability High-Consequence (LPHC) Risk Event

Abstract

This article is concerned with the outcome of “Symposium on the 2011 East Japan Great Disaster and Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Accident” organized by SRA Japan, focusing on the issue of “Beyond the Scope of Risk Analysis Framework” against “Low-Probability High-Consequence (LPHC) Risk Event”. The arguments and comments provided by four discussants are summarized in terms of “risk governance deficit” toward revisit of traditional “Risk Analysis Framework” for the LPHC type of disasters.