10 years later, what do we know about Fukushima?
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By: Simon Rozé Follow
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March 11, 2011… an earthquake and a tsunami hit Japan.
The Fukushima nuclear power plant was badly hit, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people.
10 years later, do we know exactly what happened?
Today, what are the consequences of Fukushima?
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Ten years ago, under the gaze of the whole world, Japan began to face one of the worst crises in its history.
Fukushima, prefecture in the east of the country, became synonymous with nuclear disaster.
Today, we are still struggling to take stock.
There are the crude and arid figures: 22,500 people dead or missing, but how many others, survivors, have seen their lives destroyed, forced into exile, or to stay in neighborhoods that no longer have any of this. that they have known?
There is the environment of course, the square kilometers of contaminated forests, of soil scraped over several centimeters to remove the contamination.
There are also debates all around the planet, on civilian nuclear power, its relevance in the face of climate change, the question of its safety, etc.
10 years later, Fukushima still questions us ...
With
Cécile Asanuma Brice
,
CNRS researcher and co-director of an international CNRS research program on post-Fukushima studies, for her book
Fukushima 10 years later, sociology of a disaster
Mycle Schneider,
consultant in the fields of nuclear energy and policy.
He is co
-
founder of
Wise-Paris (World Nuclear Industry Status Report)
And our monthly
Sky of Africa
column
in partnership with
Astronomy Africa
and presented by planetologist Sylvain Bouley to look at the stars, constellations and planets from the continent, between March 15 and April 15.
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