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The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered.

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  • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN This user is from outside of this forum
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    The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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    • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

      The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

      david@setouchi.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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      @newsguyusa "The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died." Why are you uttering such misleading sentences?

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      • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

        The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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        @newsguyusa

        Um, did 23,000 people die in the Fukushima disaster? They died from the earthquake and tsunami, which were not specific to Fukushima...

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        • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

          The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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          @newsguyusa
          That was a really bad day for a lot of people

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          • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

            The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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            @newsguyusa

            #alttext

            Image of Steve Herman on front of a large wrecked truck with jumbled trash on the truck bed.

            FILE - VOA's Steve Herman was among the first Western reporters on the scene immediately following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
            VOA

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            • david@setouchi.socialD david@setouchi.social

              @newsguyusa "The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died." Why are you uttering such misleading sentences?

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              @David

              Indeed. One person died from Fukushima. Four persons died from the dam that burst. The rest died from "other things" (evacuations etc).

              @newsguyusa

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              • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

                The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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                @newsguyusa not a good take, sir. Your implication that many died due to the nuclear plant being hit is misleading at best (1 person died years later due to radiation poisoning). Yes, many people died due to other circumstances, and that matters. But it’s the job both now and then of people like yourself to clarify the narrative about what caused what.

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                • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

                  The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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                  @pluralistic You wouldn't forward antivaccine narratives. Look this one up and you'll see why this is the same. Be responsible about what you post.

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                  • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

                    The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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                    @newsguyusa
                    so apparently there was ONLY the nuclear disaster, and NO TSUNAMI to these people.
                    At least 18,000 drowned.
                    Interesting.

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                    • beatricejess@masto.bikeB beatricejess@masto.bike

                      @newsguyusa
                      so apparently there was ONLY the nuclear disaster, and NO TSUNAMI to these people.
                      At least 18,000 drowned.
                      Interesting.

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                      @newsguyusa
                      Pronuke cherrypicking

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                      • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

                        The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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                        @newsguyusa @pluralistic the first sentence of this post is too close to fake news. 23k people didn't died from "Fukushima disaster", but from the tsunami.

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                        • troed@masto.sangberg.seT troed@masto.sangberg.se

                          @David

                          Indeed. One person died from Fukushima. Four persons died from the dam that burst. The rest died from "other things" (evacuations etc).

                          @newsguyusa

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                          @troed @David @newsguyusa
                          I am curious about the single (*singular*) person who might have died as a direct consequence of the nuclear plant meltdown. I shall have to look that up. The remaining deaths (*tens of thousands*) in the region that I know about are no mystery.

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                            @troed @David @newsguyusa
                            I am curious about the single (*singular*) person who might have died as a direct consequence of the nuclear plant meltdown. I shall have to look that up. The remaining deaths (*tens of thousands*) in the region that I know about are no mystery.

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                            @troed @David @newsguyusa

                            Ah ok.

                            "One worker at the power plant died 4 years later of lung cancer, having been exposed to 74 mSv since the accident. However Geraldine Thomas claimed "there is a vanishingly small chance that this man’s lung cancer was as a result of the radiation he was exposed to".

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                            • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

                              The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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                              @newsguyusa Are you even Steve Herman?

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                              • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

                                The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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                                @newsguyusa

                                They want more nukes? NO NUKES, is my response.

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                                • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

                                  The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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                                  @newsguyusa

                                  Correcting:
                                  The [2011 earthquake and tsunami], in which 23,000 people died, was one of the [...] events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which [also] destroyed a nuclear power plant. [(]Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.[)]

                                  (Edited to add "and tsunami")

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                                  • newsguyusa@flipboard.socialN newsguyusa@flipboard.social

                                    The Fukushima disaster, in which 23,000 people died, was one of the most consequential events I covered. It began 15 years ago today. A quake triggered a tsunami, which destroyed a nuclear power plant. Three reactors melted down. The radioactive cleanup could last a century and cost $1 trillion.

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                                    @newsguyusa I was living in Tokyo at the time of the Great Quake and Fukushima meltdowns. It was a peak dangerous situation. It took me a decade afterwards to learn how to avoid being triggered.

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                                    • troed@masto.sangberg.seT troed@masto.sangberg.se

                                      @David

                                      Indeed. One person died from Fukushima. Four persons died from the dam that burst. The rest died from "other things" (evacuations etc).

                                      @newsguyusa

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                                      @troed @newsguyusa @David Deaths directly attributed to Fukushima were underreported because Tepco hired shady companies to recruit workers for the initial work. The workers were homeless people who wouldn’t be missed. We’re not even talking about cancer yet , or the thousands of abortions (not exactly deaths, but you know).

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                                      • jerrej@mastodon.socialJ jerrej@mastodon.social

                                        @troed @David @newsguyusa

                                        Ah ok.

                                        "One worker at the power plant died 4 years later of lung cancer, having been exposed to 74 mSv since the accident. However Geraldine Thomas claimed "there is a vanishingly small chance that this man’s lung cancer was as a result of the radiation he was exposed to".

                                        Link Preview Image
                                        Fukushima nuclear accident - Wikipedia

                                        favicon

                                        (en.wikipedia.org)

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                                        @troed @newsguyusa @David @jerrej Misinformation.

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                                        • meltedcheese@c.imM meltedcheese@c.im

                                          @troed @newsguyusa @David @jerrej Misinformation.

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                                          @troed @newsguyusa @David @jerrej

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