福島第二原発の真実（The Reality of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant）

I finally managed to read through this 700-page book. To be honest, I had turned a blind eye to the issue for the last 15 years.

Since the book was published in 2021, the situation might have improved by now, but every single page described a grim reality.

Some of the heroic efforts made by the "Fukushima 50" were deemed useless, not to mention Prime Minister Kan's sudden, disruptive visit to the plant and the initial water-spraying operations by the Self-Defense Forces. The scale of the disaster was overwhelmingly immense—it was nothing short of a miracle, a sheer series of coincidences, that prevented Japan's total collapse.

The entire crisis and its aftermath were broadcast globally, with billions watching the reactor explosions on television, which was still the dominant media format back then. Seeing this, I cannot help but wonder: why do so many overseas tourists flood into Japan today, and why are Japanese food exports so popular? People around the world must surely know what happened here and what was scattered over this land.

Further reading:

福島第一各号機の状況 - 廃炉プロジェクト｜廃炉作業の状況｜東京電力ホールディングス株式会社

研究開発｜CLADS（日本原子力研究開発機構 福島廃炉安全工学研究所 廃炉環境国際共同研究センター）