Aparently a nuclear power station was damaged and there is a radiation leak. I thought that Japan had a no nuclear policy because of the two atom bombs dropped on Japan at the end of the war.
2007-07-16 06:30:24 · 9 answers · asked by john m 6 in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
really? will do a search
A house in ruins after an earthquake hit Kashiwazaki, JapanA 6.8-magnitude earthquake has rocked Japan's north-west coast, killing at least seven people, injuring hundreds and damaging a nuclear reactor that reportedly leaked water containing radioactive material.
National broadcaster NHK reported that the water leaked from the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant into the Sea of Japan, but that the radioactivity level was below safely levels and posed no danger to the environment.
The reactor had been automatically shut down at the time of the leak, the reports said.
The quake triggered a fire at an electrical transformer at the plant, but plant operator Tokyo Electric Power said earlier in the day that the reactor had not been damaged.
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In Kashiwazaki city, the quake reduced older buildings to piles of lumber.
National broadcaster NHK reported more than 800 people were hurt, with injuries including broken bones, cuts and bruises.
Six people in their 70s and 80s - four women and two men - died after being crushed when buildings collapsed on them in the quake, said officials with the National Police Agency in Tokyo.
A seventh person - an 82-year old man - died at a hospital where he had been taken with quake-related injuries, said NPA spokesman Shigeyoshi Nagano.
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2007-07-16 06:38:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure we won't get much good information for a day or two until officials have had a chance to assess the extent of the damage generally and at the nuclear power plant. There may be aftershocks too, and more damage is possible. Let's pray to God that there are enough safeguards in place to prevent this from being as serious as it could be.
2007-07-16 07:21:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japan has a no nuclear weapons policy. That has nothing to do with nuclear power plants. The two are entirrely different.
2007-07-16 06:56:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
One small error of man can mean the total anilation of mankind.
It is only a question of time.
2007-07-16 12:21:24 · answer #4 · answered by Jewel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived in Tokyo 2.5 years and they have quakes every week.
2007-07-16 07:49:12 · answer #5 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought they didn't have a nuclear powerstation is there a link to an article or something on this?
2007-07-16 06:39:16 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sadness
2007-07-16 06:37:34 · answer #7 · answered by stargazer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOW!! didnt know
2007-07-16 06:33:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well that sucks for jappan...
2007-07-16 07:17:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋