At 25 years after Chernobyl, and month and a half Fukushima
25 years after the Chernobyl accident and half months after the tsunami and subsequent Fukushima accidents, it seems pertinent to recall the dream of Akira Kurosawa in 1990 entitled " El Monte Red Fuji. "
That dream has now become the bane of Japan, and perhaps worldwide.
The Chernobyl explosion 25 years ago led to the largest catastrophe in the history of the civil exploitation of nuclear energy. 31 people died at the time of the accident, about 135,000 people were evacuated from the 155,000 km ² affected large areas remain uninhabited subsequent relocation made other 215,000 people.
A large territory of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine has been declared exclusion zone for long. The radioactivity will affect local populations for several generations, and not permanently withdrawn to within 300,000 years.
In Japan, Fukushima accident has now resulted in an exclusion zone of 30 km radius. In this case it is a densely populated territory, in contrast to Chernobyl region.
Slowly, but steadily, regions of the world are dying as a result of our actions.
If we are to have future definitely bury nuclear energy.
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