Smith, Carol2021-11-192015-120811-0433https://hdl.handle.net/10182/14422I was looking forward to this field trip. Coming from Christchurch we are not unaccustomed to tectonic activity, so I was curious to visit a country which not only utilised nuclear power, but was also seismically active. What were the challenges in this? A group of 40 INQUA delegates from over 20 countries assembled at the Convention Centre and it soon became apparent that this was more than just a “let’s-look-at-some-tsunami-deposits” trip. The wider responsibility of science to society was the purpose of the M1 excursion. The organiser of the excursion, Dr Yugo Ono (who unfortunately was not able to attend personally due to family illness), had stated that he passionately believed that all nuclear power plants (NPP) in Japan should be closed. Moreover, he believed it was the responsibility of Japanese Quaternary researchers to show the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) to INQUA participants and to discuss its risk and safety from the (objective) viewpoint of Quaternary science.pp.15-17en© Australasian Quaternary Association.tectonic activitynuclear power plant (NPP)Journal ArticleANZSRC::3705 GeologyANZSRC::370511 Structural geology and tectonicsANZSRC::370609 Seismology and seismic explorationANZSRC::370905 Quaternary environmentsANZSRC::370903 Natural hazardsANZSRC::3709 Physical geography and environmental geoscienceANZSRC::4301 Archaeology