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Google Street Adds Haunting Panoramas From The Fukushima Exclusion Zone
It’s been almost two years since the disaster at Fukushima, but the surrounding area is still off limits and will continue to be for who knows how long. The town Namie-machi has been vacant since its evacuation on March 11, 2011, and now Google has uploaded Street View images of the eerie, hollow shell that remains.
Fukushima’s Latest Near Disaster Was Caused By A Hungry Rat
While there’s no doubt that the nuclear crisis in Fukushima back in 2011 could have been avoided, a recent discovery suggests that this week’s extended blackout was entirely out of their of hands. Instead, the loss of power lies in the diabolical paws of a now deceased, foresight-lacking rat.
This Chunky Four-Legged Robot Scopes Out Danger So You Don’t Have To
When disaster strikes, there are places you — no human, really — wants to be. After the Fukushima disaster, for example, there was a bunch of fatally radioactive ground where no sane man would dare venture. And with inventions like Toshiba’s new quadroped, disaster-investigating robot, they wouldn’t have to.
Monster Machines: The Do-Gooder Exo-Suit With The Really Evil Name
While it’s a shame that the Fukushima disaster could well have been prevented, you can only dwell on the past for so long. If Japan is to move on from this disaster, the Fukushima facility must come down. But how does one disassemble such a highly radioactive structure? One research team hopes the solution involves this new generation of radiation-shielding, strength-magnifying exo-suits.
Monday Night Web Movie: Photographing The Wreckage Of Fukushima
The nuclear disaster at Fukushima was a horrible tragedy for all involved, and like its precursor Chernobyl, it left behind a hollow husk surrounding it. Photographer Donald Weber, who also documented that most famous nuclear aftermath in Ukraine, traveled to the Fukushima buffer zone, to capture what he could. VICE went with him, and made this haunting little mini-documentary out of the footage.
Fukushima Fish Soaked In Record Levels Of Radiation
During last year’s nuclear disaster, the deadly radiation inside Fukushima 1, became one with the surrounding environment, contaminating everything. Things aren’t getting any better. Record quantities of the deadly radioactive isotope caesium-137 have just been discovered in the fisheries around Fukushima.
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