Georg Steinhauser Chaired by Stephen Law

Expert on the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters Professor Georg Steinhauser gives some shocking insight into the impacts of nuclear catastrophe and exposes some myths.

Nuclear catastrophes, from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, terrify like almost nothing else. Hardly any other hazard is viewed by the public with more trepidation than ionising radiation. But just how frightened of the fallout from such events should we be? Steinhauser provides some surprising and shocking insights and exposes some popular myths.

Steinhauser’s main research is in environmental radioactivity in Chernobyl and Fukushima as well as environmental nuclear forensics. He is a member of the Radiation Protection Advisory Board of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and was appointed professor of applied radiochemistry at TU Wien in October 2022. Steinhauser will speak first followed by a question-and-answer session chaired by Dr Stephen Law, a philosopher and academic, author of bestselling introductions to philosophy for adults and children, editor of the Royal Institute of Philosophy Journal Think, and the festival’s major projects director.