Three years and nine months have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the devastating accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This was an accident that really should not have happened. Tepco has announced that operations to remove the melted nuclear fuel from the Unit 1 reactor will be delayed for another five years. The serious issue of contaminated water is still nowhere close to being solved. Bags of contaminated soil removed from Fukushima elementary and junior high schools after the accident are still kept underground on school premises. People have recently discovered that these bags will not be taken to an interim storage facility that is slated for construction within Fukushima Prefecture. In such a deadlock situation, there are people who have chosen to continue living in an area where the radiation readings are relatively high, knowing the health risks of radiation.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:27:58 +0000