Erinnerung

[matrixmann]

Originally posted by matrixmann at Erinnerung

1986: Pripyat, Ukraine. During an excercise of a complete blackout in the nuclear power plant "Chernobyl" an explosion in one of the reactors happened. First kept under the rug for days what truly has happened, later the whole town and surrounding area was evacuated.
During the following months, a sarcophagus as a means to stop the worst was built above the reactor to prevent the meltdown to soak into the ground and the radioactive dust to escape into the air.
Still until today it remains not absolutely sure what were the true origins of the fallout, if either purely human error or the addition of an earthquake directly under the reactor which it didn't suit for.

2002: Erfurt, Germany. A former student of an academic high school comes up to his school in the midmorning during the yearly period of the exams and kills 16 people as well as himself in a killing spree.

Comments

[onb2017.livejournal.com]

Yeah, in this connection I always refer to Fukushima and that they were warned about malfunctioning of its reactors but covered it up until it was late. Now nobody even mentions it and keep on harvesting seafood from the Pacific Ocean. I wonder about the consequences.

[matrixmann]

Admittedly, I've already suspected about that too. What does it mean for all the trawlers catching fish in the area? I don't think I heard anything like "areas X, Y and Z, ranging from there to there, no fishing allowed anymore because of radiation poisoning from Fukushima desaster".

Media here wanted to praise the Japanese for not acting panicky, but I think this outside impression just was rather a cover. There's been a general gag order at a certain point.

[onb2017.livejournal.com]

Now I really don't know which one is better "wild-caught" or "farm-raised' because both are pretty bad.

[matrixmann]

In the Pacific, I'd have to think first which fish they can get there anyway...