http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/fukushim...cean-1.1423208
400: 400 is the number of tons of highly irradiated spent fuel the operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant is preparing to remove from a damaged reactor building.
300 tons: 300 tons of highly radioactive water has leaked from a storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, according to the plant's operator. It's the worst leak yet from such a vessels.
40 years: 40 years is about how long a UN nuclear watchdog team says Japan may need to clean up and decommission its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
40,000,000,000,000: A total of somewhere between 20 trillion and 40 trillion of becquerels of radioactive tritium have leaked into Pacific Pcean since the Fukushima disaster first began according to Tepco.
14,000: Nuclear fuel rods packed in a building that could collapse if another earthquake should hit contains 14,000 times the radiation released in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb attack 68 years ago
1,331: 1,331 is the number of used nuclear fuel rods that need to be removed from Fukushima. It's essential the removal happens but computer-guided removal is not possible because of the extensive damage, and manual removal is very risky
70%: Scientists say there is a 70% chance a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will hit the Tokyo region, home to 12.9 million people, in the next 4 years. In spite of this, Japan’s nuclear industry continues to push nuclear power.
How could a highly developed country like Japan put itself in such a situation? If another big earthquake occurs and all its 14, 000 nuclear fuel rods explode, the whole country would be completely destroyed.