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A small group of protesters gather near the Fukushima Daiichi power plant as the release of the wastewater into the Pacific Ocean is set to begin. IMAGES
Storms frequently hit the island nation of Japan, but one entrepreneur may have found a way to harness the power of nature with his new invention, the 'typhoon turbine'. The inventor of what might be the world's first 'typhoon turbine' says the device can harness the power of storms to supply Japan with boundless amounts of green energy. The team behind the egg-beater-shaped turbines are testing out their prototype machine on Japan's Okinawa island. The country experiences numerous storms, recording an estimated six typhoons so far this year.
Footage courtesy of Japanese TV broadcaster NHK shows aerial views of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant, after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of north-eastern Japan causing a tsunami, on Tuesday morning. A wave reportedly about one yard high hit Fukushima’s coast, temporarily causing the water system used to cool fuel rods in the Number 3 reactor to stop. The incident raised concerns over the nuclear power plant, but despite causing a temporary halt to a cooling water pump, the problem was shortly resolved and no further issues have been reported. The power plant was devastated by a tsunami caused by an earthquake in 2011.
Futaba, Mar 5 (EFE).- Time seems to have stopped a decade ago in the towns around Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. Most remain almost deserted despite the efforts of the authorities to decontaminate and revitalize the area since the nuclear disaster that was triggered by the massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.Newly paved but empty streets and brand-new train stations without a single passenger to be seen coexist in the restricted access area, where homes and businesses also remain abandoned.Traces of the accident that forced the evacuation of more than 160,000 people and the closure of entire towns due to radioactive contamination are still visible in the affected areas, where the Japanese government has invested multimillion-dollar sums to try and restore a sense of normalcy that still seems far away. (Camera: ANTONIO HERMOSÍN).SHOT LIST: STREETS IN THE TOWNS OF FUTABA, TOMIOKA, OKUMA AND NAMIE IN FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN. SOUND BITES: YASUSHI NIITSUMA, OWNER OF AN IZAKAYA IN THE TOWN OF NAMIE IN FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN. TRANSLATION: "It seems that they want to bring the torch route [through] to show the reconstruction, but the reconstruction has not even been completed.There is still a lot of garbage, there is a radioactive contamination deposit in Okuma, and also the water problem of the plant."
Toshiba is deploying a robot that looks like a scorpion to enter the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan. This comes amid the ongoing struggle to clean up the power plant following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan that caused a radiation leak and long-term evacuations.
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