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BY THE NUMBERS: The Fukushima nuclear disaster, 5 years on | BY THE NUMBERS: The Fukushima nuclear disaster, 5 years on |
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TOKYO — Five years after a powerful earthquake and tsunami sent the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan into multiple meltdowns, cleaning up the mess both onsite and in surrounding towns remains a work in progress. Here’s a look, by the numbers, at the widespread effects of radiation from the March 11, 2011, disaster: | TOKYO — Five years after a powerful earthquake and tsunami sent the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan into multiple meltdowns, cleaning up the mess both onsite and in surrounding towns remains a work in progress. Here’s a look, by the numbers, at the widespread effects of radiation from the March 11, 2011, disaster: |
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164,865: Fukushima residents who fled their homes after the disaster. | 164,865: Fukushima residents who fled their homes after the disaster. |
97,320: Number who still haven’t returned. | 97,320: Number who still haven’t returned. |
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49: Municipalities in Fukushima that have completed decontamination work. | 49: Municipalities in Fukushima that have completed decontamination work. |
45: Number that have not. | 45: Number that have not. |
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30: Percent of electricity generated by nuclear power before the disaster. | 30: Percent of electricity generated by nuclear power before the disaster. |
1.7: Percent of electricity generated by nuclear power after the disaster. | 1.7: Percent of electricity generated by nuclear power after the disaster. |
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3: Reactors online, out of 43 now workable. On Wednesday, however, a court issued an order for one of those three reactors to be shut down immediately. | |
54: Reactors with safety permits before the disaster. | 54: Reactors with safety permits before the disaster. |
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53: Percent of the 1,017 Japanese in a March 5-6 Mainichi Shimbun newspaper survey who opposed restarting nuclear power plants. | 53: Percent of the 1,017 Japanese in a March 5-6 Mainichi Shimbun newspaper survey who opposed restarting nuclear power plants. |
30: Percent who supported restarts. The remaining 17 percent were undecided. | 30: Percent who supported restarts. The remaining 17 percent were undecided. |
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760,000: Metric tons of contaminated water currently stored at the Fukushima nuclear plant. | 760,000: Metric tons of contaminated water currently stored at the Fukushima nuclear plant. |
1,000: Tanks at the plant storing radioactive water after treatment. | 1,000: Tanks at the plant storing radioactive water after treatment. |
10.7 million: Number of 1-ton container bags containing radioactive debris and other waste collected in decontamination outside the plant. | 10.7 million: Number of 1-ton container bags containing radioactive debris and other waste collected in decontamination outside the plant. |
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7,000: Workers decommissioning the Fukushima plant. | 7,000: Workers decommissioning the Fukushima plant. |
26,000: Laborers on decontamination work offsite. | 26,000: Laborers on decontamination work offsite. |
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200: Becquerels of radioactive cesium per cubic meter (264 gallons) in seawater immediately off the plant in 2015. | 200: Becquerels of radioactive cesium per cubic meter (264 gallons) in seawater immediately off the plant in 2015. |
50 million: Becquerels of cesium per cubic meter in the same water in 2011. | 50 million: Becquerels of cesium per cubic meter in the same water in 2011. |
7,400: Maximum number of becquerels of cesium per cubic meter allowed in drinking water by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. | 7,400: Maximum number of becquerels of cesium per cubic meter allowed in drinking water by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. |
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Sources: Fukushima prefectural government, Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Tokyo Electric Power Co., the Nuclear Regulation Authority, the Federation of Electric Power Companies and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. | Sources: Fukushima prefectural government, Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Tokyo Electric Power Co., the Nuclear Regulation Authority, the Federation of Electric Power Companies and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. |
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Follow Mari Yamaguchi at https://www.twitter.com/mariyamaguchi | Follow Mari Yamaguchi at https://www.twitter.com/mariyamaguchi |
And at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mari-yamaguchi | And at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mari-yamaguchi |
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
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