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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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  • 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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                • jerrej@mastodon.socialJ jerrej@mastodon.social

                  @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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                                • meltedcheese@c.imM meltedcheese@c.im

                                  @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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                                  @meltedcheese

                                  ... and only you know the real numbers?

                                  Gut feelings aren't facts. Feel free to source your claims with reputable sources.

                                  @newsguyusa @David

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                                  • meltedcheese@c.imM meltedcheese@c.im

                                    @troed @newsguyusa @David @jerrej Misinformation.

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                                    @meltedcheese @troed @newsguyusa @David

                                    Could you please form a coherent sentence?

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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 Did you, or do you know of other press, follow up on the US Navy folks that were irradiated from this?

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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

                                        Politely, alarmist bullshit.

                                        23,000 people died in the great Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami. The reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant *were a sideshow* which didn't directly kill anyone at the time: if the operators hadn't put the diesel fuel for the backup generators somewhere stupid, or had built the sea wall just one metre higher, the meltdowns wouldn't have happened. (The reactors survived the quake intact, the meltdown happened when the coolant pumps stopped.)

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                                        • tjc_2@mastodon.socialT tjc_2@mastodon.social

                                          @newsguyusa

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

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                                          @TJC_2 It turns out @newsguyusa is lying to you. Ask yourself whose interest this narrative serves and he's pretty obviously distributing propaganda for the coal/oil/gas lobby.

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