A massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, triggering a devastating tsunami. The tsunami overwhelmed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, damaging its cooling systems and causing reactors to meltdown. Over 15,000 people died and thousands more were displaced from their homes. Radioactive contamination from the nuclear accident spread concerns about health effects, especially for children, though international organizations say short term exposure poses limited risk to adults outside the immediate area. Ongoing monitoring of food and sea pollution is needed, as the full consequences are still unknown from such a large disaster.

1. Current
Event
6/23/2011

2. What’s
happened
in
Mar
11
in
Japan?
A
large
earth
quake
struck
on
north
east
area
in
Japan.
How
big
earth
quake:
magnitude
9.0
same
level
of
Northen
Sumatra
earthquake
in
May,
2010.

3. What’s
happened
in
Mar
11
in
Japan?
A
large
Tsunami
surged
north
east
shore
in
Japan.
Tsunami
destroyed
large
area,
many
people
died,
and
lost
their
housing.
People
Death
15,400
Missing
8,000
Refugee
10,000

4. What’s
happened
in
Mar
11
in
Japan?
Tsunami
also
aPacked
Fukushima
Daiichi
Nuclear
Power
Plant.
Because
it
lost
power
source
by
a
large
tsunami
which
was
over
expectaUon,
they
could
not
control
themselves
and
finally
explosion
happened.

5. What’s
influence
of
contamina>on?
Where
Fukushima
locate
in
Japan?
Locate
in
north
east
about
250
km
away
from
Tokyo.

6. What’s
influence
of
contamina>on?
How
influence?
Direct
50km
area
never
allow
us
to
enter
because
of
radioacUve
polluUon.
Possibility
of
childhood
cancer
might
rise
if
our
child
received
some
level
of
radioacUve.
The
influence
of
sea
and
food
polluUon
are
sUll
not
correctlly
inspected
because
we
had
not
experienced
such
a
large
disaster.

7. How
we
should
do?
We
need
to
know
right
informaUon
If
we
received
small
amount
of
radioacUve,
the
influence
for
our
health
is
limited
for
adult
person.
As
long
as
we
don’t
stay
within
50km
area
in
longUme,
it
is
limited.
We
need
pay
aPenUon
to
latest
informaUon
which
reported
by
internaUonal
organizaUon,
such
as
IAEA
because
government
and
media
tend
to
exaggerate
or
hide
the
fact.

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