Nuclear engineer Arnold Gundersen has on more than one occasion taken up his views on Fukushima in this section on science. When almost nobody talks about the explosion in Fukushima, Gundersen has summed up his situation in a nutshell.

On the one hand, the American engineer has pointed out that units 1, 2 and 3 of the plant suffered terrible damage and that they are now full of holes. Through these holes, water flows without interruption and mixes with groundwater. Much of the contaminated water travels to the Pacific, approximately 300 tons per day. Given that 1,500 days have elapsed since the accident, water that could contain some 23,000 trucks has already been poured into the sea. The ice wall that began to be implanted a year ago has collapsed, as it has not prevented the discharge of water. This situation will last for several decades.

On the other hand, we have the behavior of the Japanese press. The silence imposed by the political and economic powers of Japan seems insurmountable. Under that silence, there are threats and fines.

Finally, we must mention the lies about official data. In most cases, lies are hidden as mistakes, especially when it comes to cold data. Arguments such as “There was a mistake at the time, but we have corrected it.” Gundersen’s words, which for decades had
a direct involvement in the management of various nuclear infrastructures, remind us time and again of the Fukushima nightmare, especially when the Japanese Government has allowed thousands of people to return to land close to Fukushima. Government-led translations can be seen as an aesthetic operation stemming from the “law of silence”, as it will take decades to bring cancer cases to light.