A satellite view shows the fukushima daiichi nuclear power. The new hbo series chernobyl dramatizes the accident and horrific aftermath of a nuclear meltdown that rocked the ukraine in 1986. Measuring at a richter scale of 8 9 the earthquake struck just 70km away from land creating a ripple of massive tsunamis obliterating thousands of homes and causing the death of.
De branding the green in nuclear energy by sung taek chung a full year has passed since the devastating tohoku earthquake hit the northeastern coast of japan. 2011 fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster and aftermath. In this spring i visited and stayed at fukushima for several days to find out what fukushima is really like by seeing the area firsthand and hearing what the local people are actually saying.
The disaster caused catastrophic damage especially to the east side of fukushima with the mega tsunami and the fukushima nuclear power plant explosion. We have been concerned that raising of acceptable limits of radiation exposure to urge resettlement violated the government s human rights obligations to. Special rapporteurs consistently raised concerns about the approaches taken by the government of japan.
In the aftermath of the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster myself and other u n. The release of radioactive isotopes from reactor containment vessels. The radiation effects from the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster are the observed and predicted effects as a result of the release of radioactive isotopes from the fukushima daiichii nuclear power plant following the 2011 tōhoku 9 0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami great east japan earthquake and the resultant tsunami.
When an earthquake and tsunami hit japan in 2011 the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant suffered what is considered the worst nuclear accident since the historic chernobyl disaster. All three cores largely melted in the first three days. Following a major earthquake a 15 metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three fukushima daiichi reactors causing a nuclear accident on march 11 2011.
The fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster was a nuclear accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant in ōkuma fukushima prefecture. The site is on japan s pacific coast in northeastern fukushima prefecture about 100 km 60 miles south of sendai. Fukushima accident also called fukushima nuclear accident or fukushima daiichi nuclear accident accident in 2011 at the fukushima daiichi number one plant in northern japan the second worst nuclear accident in the history of nuclear power generation.
Italy held a national referendum in which 94 percent voted against the government s plan to build new nuclear power plants.
Aftermath fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster. The three meltdowns and at least four big core explosions at the fukushima nuclear power plant s six american designed daiichi reactors in march 2011 still constitute the world s worst nuclear nightmare so far surpassing even the chernobyl 4 reactor s explosion and meltdown of april 1986. The fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster. In the aftermath germany accelerated plans to close its nuclear power reactors and decided to phase the rest out by 2022.
In the aftermath germany accelerated plans to close its nuclear power reactors and decided to phase the rest out by 2022. The fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster. The three meltdowns and at least four big core explosions at the fukushima nuclear power plant s six american designed daiichi reactors in march 2011 still constitute the world s worst nuclear nightmare so far surpassing even the chernobyl 4 reactor s explosion and meltdown of april 1986.
