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Podcast: Radioactive Show
Episode: Remembering Fukushima: 15 Years of a Nuclear Nightmare
Description: On the 11th of March fifteen years ago, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the east coast of Japan triggering a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant. Vast amounts of radioactive contamination were suddenly released into the environment and around 150,000 people were forced to flee their homes. Fifteen years later, the impacts of that dreadful day are still very real with clean up ongoing, the location of fuel rods still unknown due to the intense radiation, 1.3 million tonnes of contaminated water is still on site and radioactive wastewater contaminated with radionuclides, including cesium, strontium, and plutonium is now being pum...