List date(s) this work was published or aired.
11/16/2012
Provide a brief synopsis of the story or stories, including any significant findings.
The full extent and impact of the disaster at Fukushima that began in the Spring of 2011 remain obscure. My essay, “White Elephants and Yellow Rain,” written under the pseudonym Sudoku Hibachi, pieces key details of the Fukushima disaster into a coherent picture and places them in historical context with previous nuclear disasters at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. The essay uses a first-person framework and vivid imagery to trace the personal, human, and environmental impacts of the Fukushima disaster and similar disasters on regional and global populations and to examine the psychological, social, financial, and political effects of these disasters. It also weaves facts and statistics on the long-term medical effects of the radioactive contaminants released by nuclear power plants into an absorbing, thought-provoking narrative.
Explain types of documents, data or Internet resources used. Were FOI or public records act requests required? How did this affect the work?
A wide range of Internet news reports, cancer surveillance data, literature analysis published on the 24th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster
Explain types of human sources used.
State and national populations
Results:
Still being tallied.
Follow-up (if any). Have you run a correction or clarification on the report or has anyone come forward to challenge its accuracy? If so, please explain.
None
Advice to other journalists planning a similar story or project.
Be sure to download all Internet articles you use as sources because they may not be there when you try to access their URLs later.