The two crises, a big earthquake and an accident
of Nuclear Power Stations, happened on March 11 in 2011 in
Japan. First of all we would like to express special thanks to
all people and countries that help and support us. The Tsunami
(tidal wave) caused by the big earthquake at the size of
Magnitude 9 attacked the residents and buildings along the
seacoast facing the Pacific Ocean. The number of victims is over
15.000, and the number of missing people is over 13.000. The
buildings and houses got broken by the enormous power of
Tsunami. Many residents lost not only their houses, furniture,
pets but also their family. Over several ten thousand people
still have to live at gyms or public facilities now. The
conditions there are very tough, especially for elderly people,
children, and pregnant women. We have to solve this terrible
condition as soon as possible.
The accident of Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations
has been under the severe situation, which includes high level
of radiation of Iodine, Cesium and Strontium, leaking of
radioactive matters from the broken plants, a big amount of
polluted water including a lot of radioactive matters, many
residents who had to evacuate from polluted area etc. The three
plants got such terrible hydrogen explosions that they scattered
numerous amount of radioactive matters as
630,000,000,000,000,000 Becquerel, which is as bad as in the
case of Chernobyl. Nobody knows when the serious situation will
be solved and when residents will be able to come back to their
home towns.
Many teachers and parents got very angry at the
instruction announced by the government, on April 19. It said
that the limited radiation level at school ground or field is
appropriate for 20 mSv per year, which is almost same as the
case of workers at nuclear facilities in Germany. Many people
including students demand government to withdraw its decision.
I would like to describe the situation of the
children and students in the damaged area. Some children lost
their parents; they have to live with relatives or at public
nursery. Some students have to move to another district because
their former schools were destroyed by the Tsunami. Especially
since the children and students in Fukushima are suffering from
radiation matters, they have to evacuate from their hometowns
for a long time, it might be for a year at least. Many children
and students are getting back their smile and hope in spite of
these severe conditions, they started studying, playing and
laughing again!
Japanese people consider why the accidents of the Nuclear Power
Stations happened in Fukushima. Recently the Prime Minister
announced that Hamaoka NPS which stands just on active faults
should be stopped immediately and the energy plan to build new
14 NPS in near future should be revised. Many Japanese people
start on thinking how we can get a safe energy and how we could
save energy. The earthquake and accidents of NPS are a terrible
experience for Japanese people, but it gives us a good chance to
think about our future.
