Tsunami in Giappone: la centrale nucleare di Fukushima è stata evacuata dopo che il terremoto in …
Powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake has jolted Pacific Ocean, triggering tsunami waves that crashed into Russia’s islands and Japan’s northern islands. And now the world watches with baited breath as a terrifying déja vu unfolds. Tsunami warnings have been issued not just for Japan and Russia, but for a wide sway of the Pacific from Alaska and Hawaii to New Zealand. But the biggest alarm is ringing from one name aged in the world’s nuclear memory. Fukushima. The Fukushima nuclear plant has been evacuated. Workers have been pulled out. Authorities are taking no chances at all. A full-scale disaster protocol has been activated in the region. Why? Well, because Japan knows what is at stake here. Let’s rewind to March 11, 2011 when the ground shook beneath northeastern Japan. A 9.0 magnitude quake. What followed was a monstrous tsunami that swallowed entire cities, killing over 18,000 people. Among the worst hit, the Fukushima Dai nuclear power plant just 220 kilometers from Tokyo. Tsunami waves soared over protective walls, flooded the reactors, knocked out power systems, and unleashed one of the worst nuclear disasters that the world has ever seen. Three nuclear reactors melted down. Explosions tore through the plant. Radiation gushed out. Entire towns turned into ghost cities. More than 1 lakh 50,000 people were evacuated. Many never returned. The Fukushima disaster was classified level seven by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the highest rating for a nuclear accident. To this day, a no-go exclusion zone remains in place around the plant. The cleanup is still ongoing, and experts say it may take another 40 years before the area is declared safe again for people. So when another tsunami barrels toward Japan, the fear is not just of flooding but of history repeating itself. Authorities say the evacuation at Fukushima is precautionary but necessary because the plant already crippled remains structurally fragile. Its fuel contaminated water tanks and reactor reminants continue to pose a risk. Major wave surge could damage these systems again causing leaks or worse another radioactive discharge into the air or sea. This is why Fukushima is at risk. Not because it is functioning but because even in shutdown it is dangerously vulnerable. As of now, there are no reports of new radiation leaks or structural damage, but Japan’s entire eastern coastline is under surveillance. For now, the world waits, hoping this is not the beginning of another nuclear nightmare in Japan.
Japan Tsunami: A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake has triggered tsunami waves across Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, raising global fears of another nuclear catastrophe. Authorities have evacuated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, damaged in the 2011 disaster, as a precautionary measure.
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