Japanese Fukushima plant workers were evacuated after a tsunami warning

Employees in the combat plant of Japan Fukushima were evacuated earlier on Wednesday after the tsunami warnings were issued throughout the country.

The plant operator stated that all 4,000 of its workers were evacuated, adding that there were no “deviations”.

This happens after a massive earthquake with an 8.7 magnet that struck on the far eastern coast of Russia, causing warnings throughout the Pacific.

For many in Fukushima prefecture, the warning probably will return the memories of one of the worst nuclear disasters that the world has seen.

In March 2011, Japan suffered from a devastating earthquake in 9.0 magnet and subsequent tsunami, which continued to kill more than 18,000 people.

The tsunami flooded the plant, turning off its emergency generators and causing them to overheat – which led to the nuclear crisis.

Hundreds of tons of extremely dangerous materials remain in Fukushima – and the problems and disputes that surround it are still very present even now, more than 14 years.

On March 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm local time (05:46 GMT), the earthquake is known as the earthquake of the Great Eastern Japan – to the east of the city of Senday, only 97 km (60 miles) north of the power plant.

The reactor buildings in Fukushima were damaged by hydrogen explosions caused by earthquakes and tsunami. Tsunami knocked out the cooling system in the reactor, three of which melted.

The plant also suffered a number of chemical explosions that badly damaged the buildings, and, in order to aggravate the situation, the radioactive material began to leak into the atmosphere and the Pacific.

Soon the government announced an exception area of 30 km around the plant, evacuating more than 150,000 people who were warned so as not to return from radiation problems.

Even now, considerable parts of the area are still limited – with abandoned houses, empty quarters and faded showcases that can be shown.

A total of 880 metric tons of dangerous material – a mixture of melted nuclear fuel and reactor structures – still remain inside the plant Fukushima.

Removal of this debris from the reactors is considered as the biggest problem for safe excretion from the plant operation.

Over the next 30 – 40 years, tens of thousands will be required to safely remove nuclear waste, fuel rods and more than a million tons of radioactive water, which is still stored at this place. Cleaning is also estimated at about 21.5Tr Yen ($ 145 billion; 3109 billion).

Earlier this week, TEPCO stated that the beginning of full-scale removal of molten fuel would be pushing back to 2037 or later-saying that it would take at least 12-15 years.

The plan has been detained many times, and the last delay is the main failure of the government’s plan after the exploitation until 2051.

TEPCO still states that it may achieve this, but some experts have questioned.

“Who really believes that all 880 tons of garbage can be removed over 14 years between 2037 and 2051. Maintaining an unreal goal is not good when considering the recovery of Fukushima,” said Shundy Matsuoka, a professor of economics and political research at the University of Vaseda, told the local news.

And then there is a question of water.

Since the disaster, the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) pumps in water to cool the reactors. This means that every day the plant produces contaminated water stored in more than 1000 tanks, enough to fill more than 500 Olympic pools.

But Japan needs land occupied by tanks to build new facilities to let the plant safely – and in 2023 it began to produce some of these treated wastewater into the ocean.

The plan was implemented by great criticism and dispute, despite the UN atomic regulators who said it would be a “minor” impact on people and the environment.

After the disaster in Fukushima, Japan initially began to move away from nuclear energy – but the government slowly began to cancel this policy.

Earlier this year, Japan stated that it is necessary to hope for nuclear to meet growing demand from hungry sectors such as AI and semiconductors, and an energy plan that calls for “maximum” nuclear energy.

And this week, the Kansai Electric Power Communal Company said it would consider whether it could build a new reactor – a project that was suspended as a result of Fukushima.

But such plans were local opposition – and a tsunami warning on Wednesday could enhance problems.

Japan’s meteorological agency says the tsunami waves reached the country’s coast parts, including Fukushima.

In such areas, waves of up to 3 million (9 feet) can reach, and thousands said to evacuate for their safety.

A unstable place in Japan in a firing ring means that it feels about 1500 earthquakes per year. The coming threat of earthquakes is always present.

It is also considered one of the most prepared for the countries of the world. Its citizens begin to participate in earthquakes as an elementary school and its buildings are designed for earthquake.

Despite this, many in Japan remain afraid of the “big” landed one in the century, which, by predicting the worst case, can kill as much as 300,000 people, causing a tsunami up to 30 m (100 feet) along the Pacific coast.

Experts say that in the next 30 years there is 70% to 80% of 8 or 9 earthquakes, which hit somewhere along the Japanese delicacy.