Tuesday, June 09, 2026
A voice from a15-Year-Old at the Time of the Nuclear Power Plant Accident in 2011
On March 11, 2011, do you remember where you were and what you were doing?
Here is an essay form a 30-year old woman who was a 15-year-old junior high school student living in Date City, Fukushima Prefecture at the time.
She desperately wants a world without nuclear energy and weapons.
Voices from Fukushima: 15 Years After the Nuclear Power Plant Accident: A 15-Year-Old at the Time Sees Through the Deception of the “Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy”
By Wakana
I seriously want to rid the world of nuclear energy and weapons. Even if people say this is idealistic or I’m living in a dream world, I’ve never thought of it like that.
On March 11, 2011, I was a 15-year-old junior high school student living in Date City, Fukushima Prefecture. It was the day of the graduation ceremony. The earthquake struck on that day and later the nuclear power plant exploded. After the accident, ・・・ Read more: https://cnic.jp/english/?p=9158
In Japan, June is the season when hydrangeas are at their most beautiful. In June 2012, voices against the restart of nuclear power plants rose throughout Japan, a phenomenon once called the "Hydrangea Revolution." Fourteen years later, voices like Wakana's, who desire the abolition of nuclear power, seem to be silenced.
