The Nuclear Leak in Japan

In April 26 of 1986, the Ukrainian center of Chernobyl suffered many explosions that caused the biggest nuclear disaster on human history, because the levels of radioactivity triggered off. The toxic cloud released by the Ukrainian center affected more than five million people, and people with cancer and respiratory ailments increased a lot. This was never officially recognized by the authorities.

Nowadays, as a consequence of the earthquake on Japan occured in March 11 of 2011, the nuclear plant Fukushima started to release nuclear elements. Although this plant was considered secure, the earth movement provoked that cooling systems become unusable, so nuclear reactors started to exploit. Several dozen people were contaminated with radiation, while about 200 are being examined. The authorities decided to evacuate about 200.000 habitants that live nearby Fukushima, and also established a  warning area, or 'Zero Zone' of 30 kilometers of perimeter. Thousands of people are leaving Tokyo for fear of radiation.

The consequences for the nearby area are disastrous, but, as it happened in Chernobyl, nobody can give a definitive diagnostic yet. Today we all have uncertainty about the future of Fukushima or even Japan, and fairly, that uncertainty, that loss of control sensation, causes panic and desperation, and these feelings are extended in the whole world.