Many remember the disastrous event that saw a chain reaction of catastrophe on Japanese soil in 2011. First, the monumental category 9.0 earthquake struck Tohoku hard, resulting in a massive Tsunami wave developing in the Pacific, which traveled up to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant and caused three of the six nuclear reactors to meltdown and release massive amounts of radioactive material into Japan's soil and the Pacific Ocean.
At 140 miles northeast of Tokyo, it posed a danger to many surrounding areas and affected a large area in the Pacific Ocean as well, with the radiation spreading as far as the west coast of the United States. The area in which the cleanup and decontamination process expands totals approximately 105 cities, towns, and villages affected by the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe. Many have been evacuated from their homes in these areas as the cleanup expands to their homes.
Today, that disaster remains a health risk in the region, and the resultant cleanup and decontamination process continues four years later. It is on record the most massive and costly nuclear cleanup ever attempted in history. While many regard this cleanup project as an obligation by the involved groups to correct this tragedy, others are skeptical of the project and see it as a useless endeavor that will waste valuable resources,
This article definitely pertains to human environment interaction, region, movement, location, and place. As the man-made nuclear plant melted down and spread throughout Japan and the Pacific Ocean, extensive regions of Japan and the entire Pacific Ocean were both greatly affected by this incident. In Japan specifically, a large area of land is now uninhabitable, which forced many people to leave their homes. Now the cleanup will be a long and costly one.
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