In March of 2011, there was a nuclear accident in Fukushima Diiachi power plant in Japan. So what is the clean up looking like? Well, according to http://fukushimaupdate.com/after-4-years-fukushima-nuclear-cleanup-remains-daunting-and-vast/ , which was posted on March 15, 2015, the area of the accident is completely deserted. Approximately 300,000 people had to be evacuated from all the nearby areas, due to the size of the accident. There are also flags everywhere describing that there is decontamination occurring all around. There are a total of 105 cities, towns and villages affected by the accident at Fukushima that are being decontaminated and searched due to the accident. The radiation of the accident still poses a major threat. According to the site http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/03/12/3-ways-the-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-is-still-having-an-impact-today/ , underground water is still contaminated by the radiation from the accident, as well as many agricultural products in the area and also the nearby land. As for the condition of the plant itself? Well, there is a lot of work that still needs to be done. The operator of the plant is TEPCO, and according to http://rt.com/news/234547-fukushima-new-leak-nuclear/ , on February 22, 2015 TEPCO announced that the plant had a radioactive water leak when readings were read at 70 times more than what the readings were normally at. So, what is it like at the Fukushima plant today? Well, there is a lot of work that needs to be done, both at the plant itself but also at all of the surrounding cities, towns and villages. A lot of study needs to be done at a lot of different locations that were effected by the accident because the levels of radiation need to be known because a lot of places aren't safe to be in. The plant is still, four years later, experiencing leaks of radiation that are being looked at as well, but that is a good example of displaying the condition the plant is in today. A lot of work still has to be done because of this accident and the radiation is still present from the accident.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Fukushima Today
In March of 2011, there was a nuclear accident in Fukushima Diiachi power plant in Japan. So what is the clean up looking like? Well, according to http://fukushimaupdate.com/after-4-years-fukushima-nuclear-cleanup-remains-daunting-and-vast/ , which was posted on March 15, 2015, the area of the accident is completely deserted. Approximately 300,000 people had to be evacuated from all the nearby areas, due to the size of the accident. There are also flags everywhere describing that there is decontamination occurring all around. There are a total of 105 cities, towns and villages affected by the accident at Fukushima that are being decontaminated and searched due to the accident. The radiation of the accident still poses a major threat. According to the site http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/03/12/3-ways-the-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-is-still-having-an-impact-today/ , underground water is still contaminated by the radiation from the accident, as well as many agricultural products in the area and also the nearby land. As for the condition of the plant itself? Well, there is a lot of work that still needs to be done. The operator of the plant is TEPCO, and according to http://rt.com/news/234547-fukushima-new-leak-nuclear/ , on February 22, 2015 TEPCO announced that the plant had a radioactive water leak when readings were read at 70 times more than what the readings were normally at. So, what is it like at the Fukushima plant today? Well, there is a lot of work that needs to be done, both at the plant itself but also at all of the surrounding cities, towns and villages. A lot of study needs to be done at a lot of different locations that were effected by the accident because the levels of radiation need to be known because a lot of places aren't safe to be in. The plant is still, four years later, experiencing leaks of radiation that are being looked at as well, but that is a good example of displaying the condition the plant is in today. A lot of work still has to be done because of this accident and the radiation is still present from the accident.
