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Fukushima 12 Years After the Nuclear Accident

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It's been 12 years since a massive magnitude-9.0 earthquake hit northwest Japan and triggered a 15-meter tsunami that slammed into the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Background radiation levels in towns 20 kilometers around the disaster-stricken power plant are within safe levels. But affected towns like Futaba, Okuma, Soma, and Odaka remain virtually ghost towns.

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency

12 years after the Fukushima nuclear accident... What is the current safety status of the Korean nuclear power plant without accidents (General)

(서울=연합뉴스) 홍국기 기자 = 2011년 3월 11일 일본 후쿠시마(福島) 원전 사고가 발생한 이후 12년이 지났다.

1 year ago·Korea, Republic of

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The Diplomat

Fukushima 12 Years After the Nuclear Accident

While radiation levels return to normal in towns around the accident epicenter, revitalization is weighed down by accumulating piles of contaminated soil.

1 year ago·Tokyo, Japan

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Greenfield Recorder

PHOTOS: Demonstrators mark 12th anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster

1 year ago

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Green Left Weekly

Fukushima: a continuing disaster 12 years on

More than $120 billion has already been spent stabilising the stricken Fukushima site, and the crisis continues with a plan to release large volumes of contaminated water into the Pacific. Dave Sweeney and Sue Wareham report.

1 year ago

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