";s:4:"text";s:5321:"As for Japan, what choice does it have but to move forward and accept that almost its entire population is inevitably exposed to radiation.For years afterward, the Japanese government struggled what to do with millions of gallons of contaminated water and tens of thousands of Japanese refugees. Three reactors melted, releasing massive amounts of radiation and forcing 160,000 residents to evacuate. Why the silence?Scientists warned that almost everything on land is contaminated, and this may include Tokyo which sits 100 kilometers from Fukushima.They witnessed in Fukushima workers without protective suits putting contaminated soil in black plastic bags and piling them in “pyramids.” While some agencies dispute how dangerous Fukushima is, what is clear is that the Japanese government raised the exposure benchmark for radiation from 1mSV a year to 20 MSV per year, the reporters noted. What would common sense tell us?This is not something they can fix, so the government must reinvent Fukushima as a safe and wonderful place, a place where one can eat the vegetables and fruits from Fukushima, and they can live there healthy and happy. What better way than to repackage horrible facts with a new Fukushima, a safer, healthier one?
Safety of Fukushima wastewater is focus of sea release debate. Amidst all the excitement however, there is the ongoing nuclear crisis in Fukushima prefecture. As 2020 is the year the Olympics and Paralympics come to Japan, this is an exciting time for sports and for the people of Japan. Japan says it's safe to eat now, but reporters Park Se-yong and Lee Kyung-won will tell if it's true. Is it okay for athletes and spectators to spend two weeks in a radioactive zone so that the Japanese government can make everyone forget that radiation exposure is no big deal? Separately, even more dangerously contaminated water sits in underground areas and leaks continuously into groundwater outside the plant, experts say.The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., or TEPCO, says it needs to free up space as work to decommission the damaged reactors approaches a critical phase. The area right outside the plant is largely untouched and radiation levels are often higher.But local residents, especially fishermen, are opposed to the plan because they think the water release would hurt the reputation of already battered fisheries, where annual sales remain about half of the level before the nuclear accident, even though the catch has cleared strict radioactivity tests.A worker in a hazmat suit carried a hose, Feb. 12, while working at a water treatment facility at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.