Iyiphi inhlekelele yenuzi eyingozi kakhulu emlandweni? Abaningi bazophendula ngokuzethemba ukuthi lokhu kuyingozi esikhungweni samandla enuzi saseChernobyl, okungelona iqiniso. Ngo-2011, kwaba nokuzamazama komhlaba, okuwumphumela wenye inhlekelele eyenzeka eChile. Ukuzamazama kubangele i-tsunami eyabangela ukuwohloka kweziphehlisi ezimbalwa esikhungweni samandla enuzi se-TEPCO esiseFukushima. Kamuva, kwaba nokukhululwa okukhulu kwemisebe endaweni yasemanzini. Ezinyangeni ezintathu zokuqala ngemva kwengozi edabukisayo, inani elikhulu lezinto eziyingozi langena e-Pacific Ocean, inani eliphelele elingaphezu kokukhululwa okuphelele ngenxa yengozi yaseChernobyl. Kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi akukho datha esemthethweni mayelana nokungcola etholiwe, futhi zonke izinkomba zinemibandela.
Naphezu kwemiphumela ebuhlungu, uFukushima uyaqhubeka nokulahla amanani amaningi ezinto eziyingozi olwandle. Ngokokunye ukulinganisa, amathani angaba ngu-300 emfucumfucu enemisebe engena emanzini nsuku zonke! Isikhungo samandla enuzi singaqhubeka nokungcolisa indawo ezungezile isikhathi esingaziwa. Ukuvuza akukwazi ukulungiswa ngisho nangobuchwepheshe berobhothi ngenxa yamazinga okushisa aphezulu. Namuhla singasho ngokuqiniseka ukuthi uFukushima ungcolise yonke indawo yolwandle ngodoti eminyakeni emi-5.
Ingozi yaseFukushima ingaba inhlekelele embi kakhulu yezemvelo emlandweni wesintu. Naphezu kwemiphumela esabekayo, lolu daba alukakhulunywa ngalo kwabezindaba zomhlaba. Osopolitiki nososayensi bancamela ukuyivala le nkinga.
I-TEPCO iyinkampani engaphansi kwenkampani enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni i-General Electric (GE), enomthelela kukho kokubili amandla ezombusazwe nabezindaba. Leli qiniso lichaza ukungabi bikho kwengozi, okushiya uphawu ngokuqhubekayo esimweni semvelo seplanethi yethu.
Kuyaziwa ukuthi abaphathi be-GE corporation babesiqonda ngokugcwele isimo esidabukisayo se-Fukushima reactors, kodwa abazange bathathe noma yiziphi izinyathelo zokuthuthukisa isimo. Isimo sengqondo sokungakhathali saholela emiphumeleni edabukisayo. Izakhamuzi zasengxenyeni esentshonalanga yogu lwaseNyakatho Melika seziyizwile kakade imiphumela yezehlakalo zeminyaka emihlanu edlule. Izikole zezinhlanzi ziyabhukuda eCanada, zopha zize zife. Uhulumeni wasekhaya ukhetha ukungasinaki lesi “sifo”. Namuhla, i-ichthyofauna yesifunda yehle ngo-10%.
Entshonalanga yeCanada, kwaqoshwa ukwanda okukhulu kwamazinga emisebe ngamaphesenti angama-300! Ngokwezifundo ezishicilelwe, leli zinga alinciphi, kodwa liya ngokuya likhuphuka likhuphuke. Siyini isizathu sokucindezelwa kwale datha ngabezindaba basendaweni? Mhlawumbe, iziphathimandla zase-United States naseCanada ziyesaba ukwethuka emphakathini.
E-Oregon, i-starfish ngemva kwenhlekelele ye-Fukushima yaqala ukulahlekelwa imilenze yayo, bese ihlakazeka ngokuphelele ngaphansi kwethonya lemisebe. Izinga lokufa kwalezi zilwane zasolwandle likhulu kakhulu. Ukufa okuphezulu kwe-starfish kubangela usongo olukhulu kuyo yonke i-ecosystem yasolwandle. Izikhulu zaseMelika zikhetha ukungaziboni izibikezelo ezingenathemba. Abafaki ukubaluleka okukhulu eqinisweni lokuthi kwakungemva kwengozi lapho izinga lemisebe ku-tuna landa izikhathi eziningana. Uhulumeni uthi akwaziwa ukuthi le misebe iqhamukaphi futhi akukho okumele abantu bakule ndawo bakhathazeke ngakho.