It has been 6 years since the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear disaster in Japan. Do you still remember this energy
accident, which was caused by the tsunami following the Tohoku earthquake on
March 2001? This accident resulted in the deadly leakage of radiation into the
surrounding area, which not only contaminated water and natural environment,
but also affected the locals’ health and living condition, so that more than
200,000 residents living nearby had been evacuated. Nowadays, what is the city like?
From the relevant news, we know that the Japanese government has taken measures
to remove the nuclear fuel in the surrounding area after the disaster and the
residents are allowed to Fukushima now, but the city is still desolate and
almost no people go back there.
In fact, after the disaster, according to the International
Nuclear Event Scale (INES), the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was classed
at the level of 7, the highest level in the Scale, and was considered as the
worst nuclear disaster since the 1986 Chernobyl incident. Combined with the
present situation of Fukushima, we can predict that the future of the city is
not bright and more efforts need to be made for its recovery. However, though
there is such a vivid example in our life, the nuclear accidents still take
place now and then.
Today, a potential place of the nuclear
accident would be introduced. The place is in Armenia, where the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant (MNPP) is
located. And the study analyzed the geological setting, tectonic blocks, faults
and volcanism of the MNPP. Then the earthquakes and seismic hazard and risk
were also discussed. The result shows that the possibility of nuclear accident
in this place is growing and the delay to abandon this Plant might cause
another “Fukushima Nuclear Disaster”, which would be a big catastrophe for not
only the local people, but also the world.
Article by Rauf Nadirov and Ogtay
Rzayev, from Azerbaijan.
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