Lake Biwa, which supplies drinking water to Shiga residents as well as nearly 15 million people in Japan's densely populated Kansai region, would likely be polluted by any nuclear accident — in the days following the March nuclear disaster in Fukushima, the damaged reactors released radioactive cesium isotopes across the communities surrounding the power plants.
Danau Biwa, yang memasok air minum untuk penduduk Shiga serta hampir 15 juta orang di wilayah Kansai yang berpenduduk padat di Jepang kemungkinan akan tercemar karena kecelakaan nuklir – beberapa hari setelah bencana nuklir Fukushima di bulan Maret, reaktor yang rusak mengeluarkan isotop cesium radioaktif di seluruh wilayah sekitar PLTN.gv2019 gv2019