FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI PLANTJapans very own radioactive nuclear disaster is far from over.

Presentation by: Paige Hanson

Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, called this crisis the most difficult crisis for the nation, since World War II.

FROM THE BEGINNING

March 11th, 2011 marked one of the most disastrous earthquakes in Japan’s history.

A 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Honshu, Japans most populated island.

This earthquake then starts up a 33 feet high tsunami that completely destroyed and swept away towns and farmlands. It also devastated the northern cities.

THE EFFECTS – 1

Radioactive straw was fed to cattle in Fukushima, and the beef of this cattle was sold to Japans biggest supermarket chain, Aeon Co.

The cattle ate straw with cesium level too high for government standards.

84 cattle ate tainted straw and then they were shipped to market.

Fukushima is the 10th biggest cattle producing region in Japan. This beef produces 3.4 billion yen in this last year alone.

THE EFFECTS – 11

Radioactive particles flew across the country and landed on green tea fields in South Japan which ended up being consumed by many people in Japan.

The authorities banned green tea manufacturing in Tochigi, Chiba, and Kanagawa, after high illegal levels of radiation were found among the tea leaves.

The levels were detected as 500 Becquerel per kilogram.

There are new discoveries of radiation poisoning in Japan, everyday. The people of Japan are being put at risk. They don’t know what is happening because they have never had something like this happen. They don’t know how much is still leaching out of plant. This affects society, and makes them more aware of the disasters that could happen at any time. It prepares people for the worst. It also has made me more aware of the negative effects and bad things that nuclear plants can bring about.

SOURCES

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/world/asia/radioactive-release-at-fukushima-plant-was-underestimated.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18181224 http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/asia/japan-nuclear-

disaster/index.html?hpt=wo_c2