The main nuclear reactor that suffered damage from the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
The main nuclear reactor that suffered damage from the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Questions tagged [fukushima-daiichi]
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Were members of the yakuza amongst the Fukushima 50?
Tomohiko Suzuki, author of the book The Yakuza and the Nuclear Industry, claims that several members of the Fukushima 50, workers who stayed behind to work on the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear reactor post 3/11 when others fled, were Yakuza members.…
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Has the Orca infant mortality rate been 100% since the Fukushima disaster?
This has been going around Facebook lately. All accounts seem to stem from this NaturalNews article. I don't tend to see them as a reliable source of information, but I also haven't found any proof that contradicts their assertion.
Balcomb also…
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Did radioactive snow from Fukushima fall on the USS Ronald Reagan?
I've seen many articles online that talk about radioactive snow falling on the Reagan after the Tohoku tsunami and Fukushima disaster, from the NY Post and shakier sources like Liberty Voice. TYT had a newspiece on it as well, which sounded like it…
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Is "Fukuppy" a mascot of the Fukushima nuclear accident?
Text: Hajimemashite! (Pleased to meet you) "Fukuppy" desu. (I'm Fukuppy)
Is this the mascot of the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear accident?
(Example tweet)
#Fukushima #FukNuke #FUBAR now officially called #Fukuppy by #TEPCO
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Does Japan export food that is unsafe to eat in Japan?
This claim states that some of the foodstuff that leaves Japan is deemed unsafe there because of the radioactivity levels, and is exported to places with more lax restrictions, like the United States.
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Is a giant wolffish the result of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident?
Is a large wolffish the result of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident?
Yahoo News in Is This Giant Mutant Wolffish A Result Of The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster? states that some, unnamed, people think it the result of the accident:
However, there…
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Is Fukushima Dai-ichi responsible for earless bunnies?
Picture scraper @Globe_Pics, which has 520,000 followers, tweeted the following (currently 205 retweets, and 135 favorites):
Earless bunnies were born in Japan after the Fukushima Nuclear
Disaster.
Twitter debunker account @PicPedant responded…
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Is food in Alberta, Canada contaminated with radioactivity?
A Canadian high-school student is reported to have found that some kelp from supermarkets is radioactive beyond safe limits.
“Some of the kelp that I found was higher than what the International Atomic Energy Agency sets as radioactive…
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