Discussion will examine Fukushima at 15: RETURN TO FUKUSHIMA
Posted by Brattleboro Reformer on February 12, 2026
“Fukushima is an ongoing nuclear disaster. The four reactors that melted down and exploded in 2011 are still deadly, even to the robots that get burned up trying to explore them,” Bass said in a statement. “The Japanese government has been releasing radioactive cooling water into the Pacific Ocean since 2023. A hundred thousand people remain displaced from their homes, but grassroots efforts, propelled by the ingenuity of local farmers and entrepreneurs, citizen scientists, artists, and immigrants intrigued by starting new lives in the red zone, are reviving Fukushima.”