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This is a modest hommage to the courageous people of Fukushima prefecture. They survived a triple disaster in 2011 and are now, nine years later, still fighting with the consequences. I wish them well in their strugle for their beautiful province and thank them for their kindness during this trip.
Fukushima is the third largest prefecture in Japan (14,000 km²), and one of its least densely populated. The prefecture is divided into three main regions: Aizu in the west, Naka dori in the centre and Hama dori in the east. Aizu is mountainous with snowy winters, while the climate in Hama dori is moderated by the Pacific Ocean.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (福島第一原子力発電所事故 Fukushima Dai-ichi (About this soundpronunciation) genshiryoku hatsudensho jiko) was a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The disaster was the most severe nuclear accident since the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the only other disaster to be given the Level 7 event classification of the International Nuclear Event Scale.
The accident was started by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011.] On detecting the earthquake, the active reactors automatically shut down their fission reactions. Because of the reactor trips and other grid problems, the electricity supply failed, and the reactors' emergency diesel generators automatically started. Critically, they were powering the pumps that circulated coolant through the reactors' cores to remove decay heat, which continues after fission has ceased. The earthquake generated a 14-meter-high tsunami that swept over the plant's seawall and flooded the plant's lower grounds around the Units 1–4 reactor buildings with sea water, filling the basements and knocking out the emergency generators. The resultant loss-of-coolant accidents led to three nuclear meltdowns, three hydrogen explosions, and the release of radioactive contamination in Units 1, 2 and 3 between 12 and 15 March. The spent fuel pool of previously shut-down Reactor 4 increased in temperature on 15 March due to decay heat from newly added spent fuel rods, but did not boil down sufficiently to expose the fuel.
In the days after the accident, radiation released to the atmosphere forced the government to declare an ever larger evacuation zone around the plant, culminating in an evacuation zone with a 20-kilometer radius. All told, some 154,000 residents evacuated from the communities surrounding the plant due to the rising off-site levels of ambient ionizing radiation caused by airborne radioactive contamination from the damaged reactors.
Large amounts of water contaminated with radioactive isotopes were released into the Pacific Ocean during and after the disaster. Michio Aoyama, a professor of radioisotope geoscience at the Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, has estimated that 18,000 terabecquerel (TBq) of radioactive caesium 137 were released into the Pacific during the accident, and in 2013, 30 gigabecquerel (GBq) of caesium 137 were still flowing into the ocean every day. The plant's operator has since built new walls along the coast and also created a 1.5-kilometer-long "ice wall" of frozen earth to stop the flow of contaminated water.
While there has been ongoing controversy over the health effects of the disaster, a 2014 report by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) and World Health Organization projected no increase in miscarriages, stillbirths or physical and mental disorders in babies born after the accident. An ongoing intensive cleanup program to both decontaminate affected areas and decommission the plant will take 30 to 40 years, plant management estimate.
On 5 July 2012, the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) found that the causes of the accident had been foreseeable, and that the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), had failed to meet basic safety requirements such as risk assessment, preparing for containing collateral damage, and developing evacuation plans. At a meeting in Vienna three months after the disaster, the International Atomic Energy Agency faulted lax oversight by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, saying the ministry faced an inherent conflict of interest as the government agency in charge of both regulating and promoting the nuclear power industry. On 12 October 2012, TEPCO admitted for the first time that it had failed to take necessary measures for fear of inviting lawsuits or protests against its nuclear plants.
Courageous biker picks the wrong time to be at the end of the pier. Grand Haven Lighthouse is located in Grand Haven, MI on the shore of Lake Michigan.
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'Courageous' 0-6-0ST WB 2680/42 crossing Preston Docks swing bridge with a train of dog fish & mineral wagons on the Ribble Steam Railway, D2148 is on rear.
A day of Courageous Conversations about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning communities.
Courageous Teachers in Thailand!
In the image are Filipinos and a Thai and a Burmese and a Malaysian and a Singaporean and a Danish.
Courageous man feeding the city creatures!
Limassol, Cyprus
And with that, the inauguration of my new 10-22mm :)
A day of Courageous Conversations about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning communities.
An early oil-on-canvas(12 years old). It shows my impression of a famous combat between Philippine Army Air Corps pilot Jesus Villamor and Japanese A6M2s Zeros.
The painting was inspired by a Boeing P-26 model my sister built for me. (That's who taught me to build models, friends!) I doubt that the markings are accurate. I do know that the part about shooting down one Japanese aircraft is true.
Grabbed while doing a little submarine time in the Med. I understand that there is some consideration being given to opening a now de-fueled Courageous to the public in Scotland. It would be fun to see the 'lavish' accommodation I used sleeping in the fore-ends on top of 21 inch naval torpedoes.
Seeing an old photo (which I had recently uploaded) reminded me of this piece of street art. When I looked back on it, I realised that they were by the same artist. That's pretty cool. :)
Second place winner for the Women’s History Month Essay Contest, Tien Bui, with her mother and “Shero,” and her father.
Capt. Michael D. Binford, a pilot in the 190th Fighter Squadron, assists a child with a helmet during the Courageous Kids Climbing event at the YMCA, Boise, Idaho, Sept. 9, 2018. Courageous Kids Climbing was established in 2014 as a way for children and adults with development challenges to experience rock climbing while interacting with men and women in uniform. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor K. Walker)
Originally just a small fishing village, Howth with its surrounding rural district is now a busy suburb of Dublin, with a mix of dense residential development and wild hillside, all on the peninsula of Howth Head. The only neighbouring district on land is Sutton, primarily on same peninsula. Howth is also home to one of the oldest occupied buildings in Ireland, Howth Castle.
68029 pictured at Scarborough on 2nd May 2022, having arrived with the 14:20 from York. According to Real Time Trains this should have been 68025, so don't believe everything you read on the internet. And yes, I've taken this shot before but it's pretty so I'll post it again.