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11/28/2016 / By fukushima

Japan earthquake: social aftershocks of Fukushima disaster are still being felt

At 5.59am local time on November 22, Fukushima was hit by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake, triggering a tsunami warning. For residents in the same region of Japan devastated by the major 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and its tsunami, the threat of a renewed disaster was very real. Article by The Conversation The tsunami warning was lifted […]

11/02/2016 / By fukushima

Fukushima frozen in time: How the uninhabitable exclusion zone remains untouched, five years after tsunami caused Japanese nuclear plant disaster

Five years after a tsunami shut down the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan, these haunting images show how the towns inside the exclusion zone have been frozen in time. Article by Chris Summers In March 2011 an earthquake measuring 8.9 triggered a tsunami off the coast of north-eastern Japan, leading to an explosion at the […]

07/25/2016 / By fukushima

Radiation levels in seabed off Fukushima ‘100s of times’ higher than prior to disaster – Greenpeace

The amount of radioactive substances in seabed off Fukushima is hundreds of times higher than before the disaster, a report issued by Greenpeace reveals. The figures mean that there is absolutely “no return to normal after nuclear catastrophe” in the area. (Article by rt.com) On Thursday, the environmental group released a report addressing the results […]

07/12/2016 / By fukushima

Fukushima ghost towns pictured five years after nuclear disaster

It has been five years since reactor four went in to meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant, triggered by a huge tsunami and earthquake that devastated Japan. (Article by Toby Meyjes) The nuclear disaster led to the imposition of a 20 mile evacuation zone, similar to that seen in Chernobyl, more than 25 years earlier. […]

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