The 1986 meltdown at the chernobyl power complex in the ukraine recently dramatized in the hbo series chernobyl was followed 25 years later by the 2011 disaster at fukushima daiichi nuclear. It was the largest nuclear disaster since the chernobyl disaster of 1986. And releases of radioactive materials at the fukushima i nuclear power plant following the tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 march 2011.
The fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster. Years of poor regulation and inadequate safety controls left the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant dangerously unprepared when an earthquake and resulting tsunami hit in march 2011. One of the worst nuclear disasters of all time.
This offshore earthquake near the island of honshu produced a large tsunami in japan and a tsunami warning for over 20 countries within and. The fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster occurred after a 9 0 magnitude tōhoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 11 march 2011. Fukushima dai ichi dai ichi means 1 is a multi reactor nuclear power site in the fukushima prefecture of japan.
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. The station blackout and loss of all instrumentation and control systems at reactor 1 4 at fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant caused the loss of control and cooling means of three reactor units that were operational up to the time of the earthquake.
The tsunami waves reached area deep within the units at fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. Komori current status and the future of fukushima daiichi np station world nuclear association 2015 symposium presentation. Unscear webpage on the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant accident iaea report by the director general on the fukushima daiichi accident sti pub 1710 isbn 978 92 0 107015 9 september 2015 a.
The fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant 福島第一原子力発電所 fukushima daiichi genshiryoku hatsudensho is a disabled nuclear power plant located on a 3 5 square kilometre 860 acre site in the towns of ōkuma and futaba in fukushima prefecture japan the plant suffered major damage from the magnitude 9 0 earthquake and tsunami that hit japan on march 11 2011. 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.
It was the first ge designed nuclear plant to be constructed and run entirely by the tokyo electric power company tepco.
Explosion fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. The fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant consisted of six ge light water boiling water reactors bwrs with a combined power of 4 7 gigawatts making it one of the world s 25 largest nuclear power stations.
The fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant consisted of six ge light water boiling water reactors bwrs with a combined power of 4 7 gigawatts making it one of the world s 25 largest nuclear power stations.
