Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rocks Fukushima Prefecture
History repeats itself. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the Fukushima and Miyagi Prefectures at 3:04 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.(1) In 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake launched a tsunami that blasted the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. It was the worst nuclear disaster since the Chernobyl catastrophe in 1986. Cleaning up the Read More
Kyushu Electric Power Co. to restart reactor No. 2 despite public protest
The Kyushu Electric Power Co. is defying public protest. The company decided that it will restart reactor No. 2 at the Sendai complex on Oct. 15, making it the second reactor to be restarted since the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in 2011.(1) Kyushu Electric reported its planned to restart the reactor to the Nuclear Regulation Authority Read More
Menacing Fukushima-like earthquake rocks Chile
Massive earthquakes and tsunamis aren’t isolated debacles that occur once in a blue moon. Less than five years after the Fukushima disaster, an earthquake of comparable degree has struck the coast of Chile. An estimated 13 people are dead and one million people evacuated because of the massive 8.3 earthquake. The quake sparked a massive Read More
Environmental scientist predicts 95% chance that another earthquake will hit Fukushima, causing total extinction of Pacific and West Coast
Award-winning scientist and environmental activist David Suzuki issued an ominous warning about Japan’s Fukushima plant, saying another big quake would decimate Japan and affect the entire West Coast of North America. In 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake sparked a tsunami that laid waste to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, destroying three nuclear reactors in all Read More