What is Risk? When we refer to risk in relation to occupational safety and health the most commonly used definition is ârisk is the likelihood that a person may be harmed or suffers adverse health effects if exposed to a hazard.â.
Japan's energy policy, rewritten after the Fukushima crisis, set a goal for renewable energy including solar, wind, water and geothermal power to provide about 20 percent of energy needs by 2030.Before Fukushima, renewable energy in Japan had been virtually zero.apan's energy policy, rewritten after the Fukushima crisis, set a goal for renewable energy including solar, wind, water and geothermal power to provide about 20 percent of energy needs by 2030.
Before the earthquake and tsunami, carbon-free energy â mostly hydroelectric â accounted for just 11% of Japanese power generation. That percentage is growing, but slowly. In general, with the nuclear plants out of action, the biggest beneficiary in the short term has been fossil fuels, use of which was up 21% in 2012.