Five years later and Fukushima is still leaking radioactivity into the Pacific ocean.
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Scottish brewer keeps it real by opensourcing entire beer recipe catalog; People are making the conscious decision to buy organic food and reject conventionals; and finally some kids in Texas are getting triple the recess time.
Scottish brewer keeps it real by opensourcing entire beer recipe catalog; People are making the conscious decision to buy organic food and reject conventionals; and finally some kids in Texas are getting triple the recess time.
March 11th is the 5th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Japan’s NHK broadcaster recently conducted a poll of how citizens feel about nuclear power. According to NHK’s poll results, over 70% are in favor of completely or partially abandoning nuclear power plants. Nothing too surprising about that, but on the other side of the spectrum, the Abe administration is pushing real hard to re-open closed nuclear power plants. In fact, some are already splitting atoms like crazy.
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster may go down as one of history’s boundless tragedies and not just because of a nuclear meltdown, but rather the tragic loss of a nation’s soul.
"We are the last generation that could escape a digital footprint. Most of us haven't. What is the database for? Will you become a non-violent anarchistic homegrown terrorist? "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" is the meme of this generation. Why would anyone want to make the planet so miserable that children don't want to live?" --Freeman Continue reading →
Alors que de nombreuses centrales nucléaires, aussi bien en France qu’en Belgique, se trouvent dans un état d’entretien lamentable et alarmant, nous avons souhaité revenir sur l’accident nucléaire de Fukushima, qui a eu lieu le 11 mars 2011 au Japon. Nous avons pu rencontrer Mizue Mori, citoyenne japonaise, qui a décidé de devenir activiste antinucléaire suite à l’accident, dans un pays où l’activisme est plutôt rare.
Throughout the world, the name Fukushima has become synonymous with nuclear disaster and running for the hills. Yet, Fukushima may be one of the least understood disasters in modern times, as nobody knows how to fix neither the problem nor the true dimension of the damage. Thus, Fukushima is in uncharted territory, a total nuclear meltdown that dances to its own rhythm. Similar to an overly concerned parent, TEPCO merely monitors but makes big mistakes along the way.
What really happened to the Fukushima Daiichi reactors when workers from owner Tokyo Electric Power Company added ocean saltwater to cool them?Fairewinds recently received this question and important technical comments from several viewers and engineers regarding utility owner TEPCO’s use of saltwater to cool the Fukushima Daiichi atomic reactors during their triple meltdowns.
Tokyo 2020: “Tokyo Ready to Proceed With $1.3-Billion Olympic Stadium,” Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2015. (Note: Beijing’s Bird’s Nest cost $414 million.)
