Fukushima disaster: what consequences ten years later?
Tepco employees near the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / FILES / Yoshikazu TSUNO
By: Romain Auzouy
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On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan was severely damaged by a tsunami caused by a magnitude 9 earthquake off the north-eastern coast of the country.
The accident is classified, like that of Chernobyl in 1986, at level 7, ie the most important.
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Ten years later what is the situation?
The dismantling of the reactors is in progress and the operation could last several decades.
How is this mission going?
Can we assess the extent of radiation on the population and the level of radioactivity prevailing in the area?
What policy today for Japan with regard to nuclear power?
With our guest
Philippe Pelletier,
geographer emeritus professor at the University of Lyon 2, author of “the invention of Japan” edition Cavalier bleu.
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