Sunday, March 29, 2020

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 03.27.2020


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Covid-19 concerns have postponed the Summer Olympics and cases in Japan are on the rise.  This is on top of what's STILL going on at #FukushimaDaiichi.  Find out more about it right now, step-by-step:
 
STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD
Now that the Summer Olympics have been pushed back by one year, what does that mean for #Fukushima?  Business as usual in the Japanese parliament:

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW
While everyone is keeping up with coronavirus numbers on the news, few realize that behind the scenes, #FukushimaRadiation becomes less and less of a concern:

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN
So when TEPCO said it would take 30-40 years to decommission the Dai-ichi plant in #Fukushima, what they really meant was it would take that long just to release the radioactive water, taking down the plant itself is going to take MUCH longer:

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER
What does Covid-19 do to nuclear power engineers?  The same thing as everyone else!  What happens when reactors are short staffed because of the virus, we’ll find out!

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!
In a follow up to last week’s “Fukushima 50” update, check out this interview with the special FX designer behind the movie and what it was like employing people in #Fukushima to help complete the work on the movie, interesting stuff:

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