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Title Lessons 10 years after Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet NewsUS.app Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 12/03/21 Description The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis began today 10 years ago, marking one of the most serious nuclear injuries in history. URL https://newsus.app/lessons-10-years-after-japans-fukushima-nuclear-disaster/ Persons Jim Smith Title What happened at Fukushima 10 years ago? Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet YouTube Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 11/03/21 Description On 11 March 2011, Japan's most powerful earthquake on record triggered a tsunami, which then caused a meltdown at a nuclear power plant. It wiped entire towns off the map and forced Fukushima’s residents from their homes as radiation leaked from the plant.
The government estimates the disaster could cost nearly $200bn, and the clean-up may take until 2051. Today the prefecture of Fukushima is still dealing with the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
What happened that day, and what was it like for the people who lived through it? The BBC’s Tui McLean explains how the triple disaster unfolded.Producer/Author BBC URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCDgM6rKBg0 Persons Jim Smith Title The Lessons Learned 10 Years After Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Newsweek Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 11/03/21 Description The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster began 10 years ago today, marking one of the most serious nuclear accidents in history.
The disaster was deemed to be a level 7 incident on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale—the highest number possible.
It was the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986, and it took place amid an earthquake and tsunami that, aside from the nuclear incident, caused nearly 20,000 deaths.Producer/Author Ed Browne URL https://www.newsweek.com/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-10-years-what-happened-1575472 Persons Jim Smith
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Title ‘The difference between Chernobyl and Fukushima wildlife is the wolf is extinct in Japan’ Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Down To Earth Media type Web Country/Territory India Date 11/03/21 Description Down To Earth speaks to Jim Smith from the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom about the proliferation of wildlife in the two accident sites Producer/Author Rajat Ghai URL https://www.downtoearth.org.in/interviews/wildlife-biodiversity/-the-difference-between-chernobyl-and-fukushima-wildlife-is-the-wolf-is-extinct-in-japan--75899 Persons Jim Smith