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Japan celebrates 12 years of triple disaster: earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima

The tsunami is the main cause of the death or disappearance of almost 18,500 people as a result of the disaster. | Fountain: AFP

Japan this Saturday marks the twelfth anniversary of the triple disaster on March 11, 2011, when one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the world caused tsunamiwhat led to the nuclear disaster Fukushima.

Like every year, a moment of silence was observed in the country at 2:46 pm, at a time when 12 years ago a magnitude 9.0 earthquake shook the entire archipelago and reached China.

From the depths of the Pacific, off the northeast coast Japana terrible shock caused a tsunami, the giant waves of which hit the region.

He tsunami it is the main cause of the death or disappearance of almost 18,500 people as a result of the disaster.

Television footage on Saturday showed people who have lost loved ones due to tsunami laying flowers, offering prayers and bowing before the graves.

“We are surviving, so please keep an eye on us,” he said. Fumiko SugawaraThe 73-year-old, at the grave of her family members, including her husband, according to a public channel. nhc.

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Japan is celebrating the twelfth anniversary of the triple disaster on March 11, 2011 this Saturday. | Fountain: AFP

Nuclear disaster at Fukushima

TO tsunami followed by an accident at the flooded wave of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, when the cores of three of the six reactors melted.

About 165,000 people were evacuated, and entire cities remained uninhabited for years.

Access to more than 1650 km2 of department Fukushima (12% of its surface) was banned for several months after the disaster.

Intensive decontamination work has reduced these uninhabited areas to 337 km2 (2.4% of the area of ​​the department).

The decontamination and decommissioning works are expected to take several decades.

Japan’s justice system upheld three former leaders’ acquittals in January Tepkonuclear power plant operator who was criminally charged with negligence during the 2011 accident (AFP)


Source: RPP

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