It has been a while since the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. Right now Japan’s National Police Agency officials say that as of Friday, 27,500 people remain unaccounted for or dead. Out of that number 10,006 people are dead and 17,452 people are missing. More than 240,000 people are in about 2,000 shelters throughout Japan. Officials say that they think more bodies are going to be found swept up on shore by the sea. The death toll is expected to rise. Meanwhile, there are many after shocks going on throughout Japan.
On top of all this devastation, Nuclear reactors have been unstable from the earthquake. White smoke is again seen over the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Friday morning. The smoke has been seen rising from reactors 1,2, and 4. “Time is not on the side of our workers.” Experts are saying. Workers and experts are trying to use seawater to keep the temperature and pressure low. Now officials are saying that they are going to switch to fresh water to keep reactors 1 and 2 under control. They said reactor 3 has been delayed.
As for the workers, NISA have said that due to a puddle of water that pooled on the floor inside the reactor, three workers have been injured from it. Two of the three workers have been put in hospitals due to burns from the beta rays, which can cause major skin damage. The workers in the plant were not wearing boots so the beta rays probably soaked into their feet causing the damage.
I wish the people of Japan well and I think we can learn from the way the Japanese have come to work together. It’s sad what’s going on over there but it also shows how brave those people are. They all should be proud about how well they are working together. Lets hope that Japan recovers quickly from this disaster.
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