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Aug 23, 2023 · At the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the gigantic wave surged over coastal defences and flooded the reactors, sparking a major disaster. Authorities set up an exclusion zone which grew larger...
Jan 27, 2021 · The Fukushima disaster is considered the second-worst nuclear disaster in history, forcing the relocation of over 100,000 people. During the emergency, each of the three operational nuclear...
They consider the accident itself, emergency preparedness and response, radiological consequences of the accident, post-accident recovery and the activities of the IAEA following the accident. Measures were taken, both in Japan and internationally.
Mar 11, 2021 · Stanford experts discuss the lessons and legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. A decade after a powerful earthquake and tsunami set off the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown in Japan ...
Mar 10, 2021 · NEWS. Fukushima’s tragic legacy—radioactive soil, ongoing leaks, and unanswered questions. The ripple effects from one of the world’s worst nuclear catastrophes continue after a decade, with...
Fukushima accident, also called Fukushima nuclear accident or Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, Nuclear accident at the Tokyo Electric and Power Co. (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi (“Number One”) plant in northern Japan, which became the second worst nuclear accident in the history of nuclear power generation. Tsunami waves generated by the ...
Mar 19, 2024 · On March 11, 2011, the prefecture was struck by a severe earthquake (magnitude 9.0) centred offshore to the northeast in the Pacific. Although the temblor and a series of aftershocks caused some damage, considerably more destruction was done by a powerful series of tsunami waves, generated by the main shock, that inundated coastal areas.
