Erinnerung

[matrixmann]

Originally posted by matrixmann at Erinnerung

2011: An earthquake with the magnitude of 9.0 appears under water not far from the coast of Japan.
First the quake itself devastates the area, but more importantly it triggers a tsunami wave which adds on top of this.
A nearby nuclear power plant in Fukushima was affected heavily by both and, due to human arrogance and greed that made it be constructed suitable to economical needs, but not apropriate to the needs of a facility that stands on a cliff coast of a volcanic island, a meltdown appeared during the following days.
400.000 people in estimated numbers had to leave their homes and be evacuated in the zone set by the state around the power plant.
The state of Japan, being located where it is, hung on a thing thread depending on the outcome of the acute actions made to meet this disaster.

Still until this very day, the consequences out of this event keep the authorities busy.

Comments

[onb2017.livejournal.com]

What is interesting they never mention it and I am sure there are some effects that still are the consequences like the fish in the ocean that accumulates radioactive particles. Besides they were saying themselves that it takes 100 years for some of the particles to complete the cycle of half-life whoever it is properly called with radioactive elements when they decay.

[matrixmann]

I think they lie about it a lot. Why? Because economy and because of mass panic. Some sort of that.
'Cause, in the beginning they also didn't speak about a "nuclear fallout", and today they even admit it openly that it was something like that what happened there. Worse than Pripyat.
So that shit is much, much worse in any way than they like to admit. Administration can't only say "people, half of our food's gonna be contamined until the very day".
It wasn't purely for nothing that there was some sort of news of Putin saying "if Japan needs territory to relocate, just let me know". If that was really serious, well, let that be another matter...
But that was because one could realize with one's understanding that, if things process really badly, you can just evacuate all of the Japanese islands there.
That's how bad it was.
So nothing much discussing about the foods still cultivated over there...
(But you also continue to hear reports of Japanese people being mistrustful themselves. They sort of sense that their government didn't and still doesn't tell them the truth about the full impact of this event. I don't know if common knowledge is the reason, or the example in Ukraine 30 years ago, or both or something else.)