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On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and they remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.
On 14 March, the first full business day after the accident, Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index fell 6%, followed up by another 11% drop on 15 March after the government warned of elevated radiation risks. [98] Likewise, plant owner TEPCO's shares fell 62% in the four days following the accident, then started a 14% recovery. [99]
A 2011 poll suggests that scepticism over nuclear power is growing in Sweden following Japan's nuclear crisis. 36 percent of respondents want to phase-out nuclear power, up from 15 percent in a similar survey two years ago. [107] Switzerland. Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster "has entirely changed the energy debate in Switzerland".
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday compared Israel’s war against Hamas to the U.S. decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan in World War II during an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
Nature Journal – Specials: Japan earthquake and nuclear crisis; TerraFly Timeline Aerial Imagery of Fukushima Nuclear Reactor after 2011 Tsunami and Earthquake; Documentary photographs: residential damage within "No Go" Zone; In graphics: Fukushima nuclear alert, as provided by the BBC, 9 July 2012; PreventionWeb Japan: 2011 Fukushima Daiichi ...
For the interim report issued on December 26, 2011, the committee interviewed 456 people over a total of 900 hours of hearings by Dec. 16, 2011.The interim report was "a scathing assessment of the response to the Fukushima disaster", in which the investigative panel "blamed the central government and the Tokyo Electric Power Co., saying both seemed incapable of making decisions to stem ...
Pentagon officials estimate that China, which has no treaty restrictions on its nuclear warhead numbers, has more than 600 nukes today and will expand their arsenal to 1,000 or more by 2030. The U ...
After the 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami of 11 March, the cooling systems for three reactors (numbers 1, 2 and 4) of the Fukushima II (Fukushima Dai-ni) nuclear power plant were compromised due to damage from the tsunami. [9]