How long will Fukushima be radioactive?

While the tritium is radioactive, it has a half-life of around 12 years, meaning it will disappear from the environment over a period of decades rather than centuries.

How many years until Fukushima is safe?

It could take 30 years or more to remove the nuclear fuel, dismantle the reactors, and remove all the buildings.

Is Fukushima still uninhabited?

Fukushima itself has struggled. A small area is still uninhabitable. Only 2.4\% of the land area of the prefecture remains off-limits to residents. Only 36,811 people, or 2.1\% of the population, are still unable to return home.

Is Fukushima habitable now?

Ten years after the disaster, life has returned pretty much to normal in many parts of Fukushima Prefecture. In some of the inland cities such as Fukushima city or Koriyama, there are few if any visible signs that the nuclear accident ever occurred.

Is the Pacific Ocean contaminated?

Studies show that no fish or shellfish off the Pacific coast have radioactive contamination that would pose a risk to people who eat them. The state Department of Health has tested a limited amount of fish and shellfish to look for radioactivity from nuclear power plants.

Is Fukushima still leaking 2020?

The accumulating water has been stored in tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi plant since 2011, when a massive earthquake and tsunami damaged its reactors and their cooling water became contaminated and began leaking. TEPCO says its water storage capacity of 1.37 million tons will be full around the fall of 2022.

Has Fukushima been recovered?

“There has been no recovery. Saying it’s under control is a lie,” Nobuyoshi Ito said through an interpreter. Ito is a former computer engineer who retired to the village of Iitate, in Fukushima, a year before the disaster. “Iitate had 6,500 people before the accident, but only 1,400 have returned.

Has Fukushima been rebuilt?

Ten years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami disaster and subsequent nuclear accident, roads and other public infrastructure in devastated areas of northeastern Japan have been restored, houses rebuilt and new commercial centers created.

Is Fukushima still leaking 2021?

Is it safe to eat fish after Fukushima?

A study clears most seafood from any dangerous health effect five years after the nuclear disaster. Nearly five years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, most seafood caught off the coast of Japan is safe to eat, according to a new study.