Fukushima disaster (caleb) by Caleb Costa

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What happened:

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The Fukushima Nuclear Power Station was destroyed and damaged after the great east Japan earthquake and a subsequent tsunami happened in March 2011, It was recorded the largest civilian nuclear accident since the Chernobyl accident in 1986.

How did it impact people:

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Around 160,000 people in Japan in the radius of 40 kilometers around the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station were forced to leave there homes because of high level radiation.

how did it impact economics (profits):

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The per capita income of Fukushima started declining up to 14.4% in the following 2 years. After the event Japan had US$71.8 billion of goods exported in 2011, increase of 6.1 per cent in February but the recovery was undermined by historically strong yen and weak economic conditions in the US and Europe.

how did it impact the environment:

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After Fukushima the radiated materials cause radionuclide pollution at a large scale in the Atmosphere, Biosphere, Pedosphere, Hydrosphere around both the entire northern hemisphere and FDNPP.

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Pic 2:

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How did they address the issue:

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Some experts found a new way for Nuclear Power Plants to be safer by adhering to more needed requirements for protection against external natural hazards.

why it was important:

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The Fukushima disaster helped experts find new ways to make power plants more safer by making sure they have adequate national and international safety standards and guidelines in these power plants to ensure the technology stays safe and provide low carbon globally.

Location: Okuma, Japan

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Interesting fact:

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The result of the disaster ended recorded that they had the largest earthquake in Japan.

Interesting fact:

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The tsunami waves in Japan after the earthquake got up to 30 feet high.