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Fukushima Daiichi Accident. (Updated August 2023) Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident beginning on 11 March 2011. All three cores largely melted in the first three days.
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident. On 11 March 2011, Japan was shaken by what became known as the Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake. It was followed by a tsunami which resulted in waves reaching heights of more than 10 meters.
Jan 27, 2021 · 2011. Fukushima nuclear disaster. Photo Credit: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images. On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan causes massive devastation, and the ensuing...
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 ...
Dec 27, 2023 · 25 March 2024. On 22 March 2024, Japan provided the IAEA with a copy of a report on the discharge record and the seawater monitoring results at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station during February, which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent to all international Missions in Japan.
Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11, 2011, caused by a powerful earthquake and tsunami damaged emergency generators, causing a loss of power and leading to three nuclear meltdowns, three hydrogen explosions, and the release of radioactive contamination. [13]
Mar 11, 2021 · More than 19,000 people died and tens of thousands more fled as radiation belched from the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. A decade later, large swaths of land remain contaminated and emptied of most of their former residents.
