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After the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, many establishments and industries were destroyed and shut down, including the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant and an oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba.

The government has called a state of emergency near the atomic energy site and has asked citizens to evacuate the area. “Residents living within a 3-kilometer radius of the plant were asked to evacuate, while residents living within a zone 3 to 10 kilometers away were asked to stay inside their homes.” (CNN).

A total of four plants have been shut down since Fukushima. Fukushima is the only one posing a direct emergency due to a failed cooling system, but there doesn’t seem to be a direct threat to the