Good Kind Of RIP: Soil Helps Control Radioactivity In Fukushima
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 16:20
in Earth & Climate
When radiation suddenly contaminates the land your family has farmed and lived on for generations, you might not expect soil to protect crops and human health - that is like expecting the mugging victim to track down the criminal - but that is what happens. On March 11th, 2011, twin perils of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami caused widespread destruction in Japan, including peril at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The plant released radioactivity into the environment and the Japanese government evacuated over 100,000 people in the 30 kilometer zone around the plant. read more