Earthquakes Rattle Fukushima Region Once More

Earthquakes Rattle Fukushima Region Once More

Once again revealing its perilous geographic location, a pair of earthquakes shook the ground near the damaged nuclear power plant at Fukushima on Tuesday.

The first earthquake, which measured 5.4 on the Richter scale, rattled eastern Japan Tuesday morning roughly 50 miles south of the crippled plant where efforts continue to cool the unstable reactors and decommission the radioactive site.

Agence France-Presse reports:

The first tremor, which was felt in the Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in addition to the Tokyo metropolitan area was followed shortly by a 3.6-magnitude quake in the same area.

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Although high rise buildings reportedly swayed in Tokyo, and the Joban Expressway was closed for safety checks, there were no reports of serious damage.

Fukushima operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said the plant was not damaged in the quake.

However, as experts have warned, the decommissioning process currently being undertaken by TEPCO at Fukushima—particularly at the damaged and sinking Reactor 4 building—is exceedingly fragile.

And as long-time anti-nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman explained to Common Dreams earlier this year, “The potential radiation released in this situation can only be described as apocalyptic.”

Wasserman continued:

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