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Six IRDR members recently visited the areas affected by the tsunami and the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant accident in March 2011. The group consisted of four PhD students - Omar Velazquez, Nurmala Nurdin, Serena Tagliacozzo and Zoe Mildon, one Master's student - Sandra Camacho Otero - and David Alexander, Professor of Disaster Risk Reduction at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ IRDR.  Their experience has been covered in a recent and in international newspapers (see and ). Zoe Mildon, third year PhD student at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ IRDR, is currently spending 4 months at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan - which is in the region affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster - after winning the prestigious JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) grant ().

The visit was undertaken as part of a bilateral agreement between ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ and the Prefecture of Fukushima. The agreement was signed to promote mutually beneficial knowledge exchange and to strengthen the long-lasting relationship between ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ and Japan. During their stay, IRDR members, along with other researchers and students from ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ and ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Academy, had the chance to meet with the Governor of the Fukushima Prefecture and learn more about the recovery activities underway.

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