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Meltdown at Fukushima | Ghost Towns with NPR’s Kat Lonsdorf | 5

2022/5/17
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Mike Corey:节目的开篇介绍了福岛核事故的严重性和长期影响,包括环境污染、经济损失和居民的流离失所。他强调了事故清理的巨大成本和漫长的时间跨度,以及许多居民至今未返回家园的事实。他还提到了福岛地区在灾后重建方面所面临的挑战,以及当地居民在经济和情感方面所承受的巨大压力。 Kat Lonsdorf:作为一名记者,Kat Lonsdorf深入福岛地区进行实地采访,并制作了名为《重建福岛》的广播系列节目。她详细描述了灾后城镇重新开放的复杂性和挑战性,以及当地居民在面对灾难后的生活重建所面临的困境。她强调了灾难的长期影响,特别是心理创伤,以及人们在努力重建生活和社区的过程中所展现出的韧性。她还讲述了当地居民如何积极参与辐射检测,成为公民科学家,并通过自身努力来确保家园的安全。此外,她还描述了灾后野生动物,如猴子和野猪,在城镇中大量繁殖,以及当地居民如何应对这些挑战。她还谈到了福岛地区在灾后转向太阳能发电的尝试,以及这种转变对当地经济和环境的影响。最后,她以一家卡拉OK酒吧的开业为例,展现了当地居民在灾后重建社区和生活的努力。 Kat Lonsdorf:在节目中,Kat Lonsdorf详细描述了她对福岛地区受灾城镇的实地考察,以及她与当地居民的访谈。她讲述了灾后城镇重新开放的复杂性和挑战性,以及当地居民在面对灾难后的生活重建所面临的困境。她特别强调了灾难的长期影响,特别是心理创伤,以及人们在努力重建生活和社区的过程中所展现出的韧性。她还讲述了当地居民如何积极参与辐射检测,成为公民科学家,并通过自身努力来确保家园的安全。此外,她还描述了灾后野生动物,如猴子和野猪,在城镇中大量繁殖,以及当地居民如何应对这些挑战。她还谈到了福岛地区在灾后转向太阳能发电的尝试,以及这种转变对当地经济和环境的影响。最后,她以一家卡拉OK酒吧的开业为例,展现了当地居民在灾后重建社区和生活的努力。

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Kat Lonsdorf discusses her journey to Fukushima to explore the reopening of towns near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the human stories behind the recovery efforts.

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It’s been more than decade since the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But the region is still grappling with the environmental, economic and emotional legacy of the disaster. Evacuations have lifted – but many people still haven’t returned. And what does it mean to reopen a nuclear ghost town? That’s what NPR reporter Kat Lonsdorf wanted to discover when she visited Fukushima in early 2020. Kat joins host Mike Corey to discuss how locals are rebuilding their communities and the future of nuclear power in Japan.

For more on the aftermath of the disaster, listen to Kat Lonsdorf’s NPR series, Recovering Fukushima).

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