On March 11, 2011, still at dawn in Portugal, a magnitude 9 earthquake on the Richter scale, one of the largest ever recorded, struck northeast Japan. The subsequent tsunami killed more than 18,000 people and destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.in what was considered the biggest nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986.
In January this year, Japan announced that it will begin releasing treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, followed by popular and critical demonstrations from neighboring countries such as China and North Korea. But the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expressed its support for the Japanese plan, saying that the measures adopted by the country are “in accordance with international safety standards” and will have an “insignificant radiological impact on the population and the environment”. After all, what is at stake with these spills?
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Source: Observadora
