The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster will go down in history as one of the worst nuclear meltdowns in history – as authorities and media grossly underreport the extent of the damage. Official reports say that 9,000,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste has been stored in black bags as a result of the disaster (imagine 270 million cardboard book boxes, end-to-end, encircling the world – that’s the amount of nuclear waste being reported here). However, according to estimates, there is another 13,000,000 cubic metres of radioactive soil yet to be accounted for. Counterpunch.org reports: And, there’s still more, the cleanup operations only go 50-100 feet beyond roadways. Plus, a 100-mile mountain range along the coast and hillsides around Fukushima are contaminated but not cleansed at all. As a consequence, the decontaminated land will likely be re-contaminated by radioactive runoff from the hills and mountains. Indubitably, how and where to store millions of cubic metres of one-tonne black bags filled with radioactive waste is no small problem. It is a super-colossal problem. What if bags deteriorate? What if a tsunami hits? The “what-ifs” are endless, endless, and beyond. “The black bags of radioactive soil, now scattered at 115,000 locations in Fukushima, are [...]