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This Happened – March 11: Tsunami, Fukushima Disaster

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Post date March 11, 2024

Updated March 11, 2024 at 12:15 p.m. One of the deadliest earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan occurred on this day in 2011. Following the natural disaster, a nuclear accident occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. What caused the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan? The earthquake was caused by the movement of tectonic […]

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How Japan Wound Up Stuck With Tons Of Fukushima’s Radioactive Soil

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Post date April 17, 2023

Abandoned houses and land in Fukushima prefecture Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua via ZUMA

Facing 14 million cubic meters of contaminated soil collected during the cleanup of fields and villages near the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Japanese government promised residents it would remove the soil, but now finds itself in a deadlock, despite the tens of billions of dollars spent..

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