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11/18/2015 - Radioactive cesium from the 2011 Fukushima disaster is still being detected in citrus and other plants as far away as Florida, according to a report sent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). In March 2011, multiple nuclear meltdowns took place at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan....
When you think about it, the 80,000 and 100,000 acres required uses up nearly as much land as currently evacuated because of the Fukushima accident. With the exception of the 40-year-old Fukushima plant, Japanâs aging fleet of nuclear reactors withstood one of the worst earthquakes and tsunamis in the nationâs history remarkably well. In the light of lessons that have been learnt, new reactors can be engineered to prevent a recurrence of the Fukushima accident.