Is there a documentary about Fukushima?

Is there a documentary about Fukushima?

A powerful documentary - shot from March 11th, 2011 through March 2015 - that sheds some light on what really happened at the Fukushima nuclear power plant after the 2011 earthquake and the ...

What caused Fukushima to happen?

Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident beginning on .

How long will Fukushima be radioactive?

While the tritium is radioactive, it has a half-life of around 12 years, meaning it will disappear from the environment over a period of decades rather than centuries.

Is Fukushima still leaking in 2021?

The accumulating water has been stored in tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi plant since 2011, when a massive earthquake and tsunami damaged its reactors and their cooling water became contaminated and began leaking. ... TEPCO says its water storage capacity of 1.37 million tons will be full around the fall of 2022.

Does anyone still live in Fukushima?

Since the evacuation order was lifted a year later, 3,650 people have returned; just a fraction of the 13,000 who lived here before 2011. Some have died, including of old age, and others, especially young people and families, have relocated permanently elsewhere.

Are the Fukushima 50 Still Alive?

The Fukushima 50 aren't on their own anymore — there are now about 400 Tokyo Electric Power Co. employees inside the plant. They work in rotating 12-hour shifts. The high levels of contamination make it hard to get supplies to them, so food and water are scarce.

Why is Fukushima still leaking?

The accumulating water has been stored in tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi plant since 2011, when a massive earthquake and tsunami damaged its reactors and their cooling water became contaminated and began leaking. The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., says its storage capacity will be full late next year.

Is Fukushima still polluting the ocean?

Japan's government announced a decision to begin dumping more than a million tons of treated but still radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years.

What was the second-worst nuclear disaster?

• The Fukushima disaster is considered the second-worst nuclear disaster in history, forcing the relocation of over 100,000 people. READ MORE: Fukushima Timeline: How an Earthquake Triggered Japan’s 2011 Nuclear Disaster

What is the best documentary on nuclear energy?

• Fukushima: A Nuclear Story, which was awarded the prize for Best Documentary Feature at the Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro 2016, will be screening in Berlin, during the course of the German edition of the largest international festival dedicated to exploring the issues surrounding the use of nuclear energy.

Who is the first foreign journalist to visit Japan during the tsunami?

• Pio, the Italian Sky reporter who has lived in Japan for more than thirty years, is in Tokyo the day of the earthquake and decides to leave immediately to reach the area affected by the tsunami: he will be the first foreign journalist to do so.

How many nuclear power plants have been built in the world?

• Those who build, since 1966, over 50 nuclear reactors and 18 nuclear power plants over the most "shaking" corner of the world. And the only country who witnessed an double atomic bombing. Since that fatal day hundreds of pages were written, debates opened, and sadly, wide sensationalism too aroused.