Don’t forget the hazmat gear on your next trip to the country of the rising sun!
2 Mei 2016 12:15
Brilio.net/en - Radioactive boars are running wild in rural Japan and breeding at a rate far faster than can be properly contained. The wild animals have been surviving in the forest of Japan after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, that was triggered by the tsunami which created nuclear meltdowns and the release of radioactive material after the necessary equipment began failing.
The precise numbers of boards is unknown, as no humans live in the area that was affected by the nuclear disaster. But the numbers are telling of a huge phenomenon. In 2014, the number of boars hunted increased from 3,000 to 13,000 according to the Times. The damage to farmers around the area has amounted to huge fees for the locals, adding up to 98 Million Yen, or the equivalent of 620,000 British Pounds.
Already three mass graves have been filled with 600 boars each, but the public land is going scare for the mass burials. Burying the carcasses in their own yards, hunters have actually complained that wild dogs have dug them up, which also doesnt create a viable solution. But the animals continue to be killed faster than they are disposed of, creating quite a difficult predicament.
In the city of Soma, a purpose-built incinerator has been created that would absorb any radioactive material released by the cremations. But while the concept is novel, it doesnt take pose a serious solution as the incinerator can only burn three boars per day, and cost 1 million British pounds to develop. While the boars are infected with nuclear radiation, there has as of yet been no serious side effects that observers have noted. Luckily, the `fukushima disaster did not have any direct impacts on humans, at least for the time being.
A long term solution is highly important, as the levels of nuclear toxicity are expected to stay at critical condition for at least another 30 years.
