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Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) submits a report to Japan's nuclear safety agency which predicts the possibility of a tsunami up to 10.2 metres high at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the event of an earthquake similar to the magnitude 7.2 earthquake with accompanying tsunami that devastated the area in 1896.
The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan, which began on 11 March 2011. The proximate cause of the accident was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , which resulted in electrical grid failure and damaged nearly all of the power plant's backup energy ...
Fukushima disaster may refer to: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , which caused extensive damage to the eastern coast of Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima nuclear disaster , in which the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was heavily damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Fukushima 50 is a pseudonym given by English-language media to a group of employees at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, a related series of nuclear accidents resulted in melting of the cores of three reactors.
Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean in August, and was heavily criticised by China, which immediately banned all seafood imports from Japan. "We ...
The 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami that ravaged parts of Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11, 2011 killed about 20,000 people and drove thousands from their homes in the prefectures of ...
The Fukushima prefectural government reported radiation dose rates at the plant reaching 1.015 m Sv/h. [58] The IAEA stated on 13 March that four workers had been injured by the explosion at the Unit 1 reactor, and that three injuries were reported in other incidents at the site.
Fukushima 4 April 2011 154 NSC [27] 25 April 2011 Fukushima 24 April 2011 24 NSC [27] 6–7 June 2011 Fukushima 11 – 17 March 2011 770,000 NISA [32] [29] 7 June 2011 Fukushima 11 – 17 March 2011 840,000 NISA, [33] press printing [32] 17 August 2011 Fukushima 3–16 August 2011 0.07 Government [34] 23 August 2011 Fukushima 12 March - 5 April ...