15 list of plants affected by 2011 tōhoku earthquake and tsunami edit. The 2011 fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster the worst nuclear accident in 25 years displaced 50 000 households after radiation leaked into the air soil and sea. The accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant that resulted from the great east japan earthquake of march 11 2011 involved the dispersion and spread of radioactive materials and thus from both the political and economic perspectives the accident became not only an issue for japan itself.
13 february 2015. Iaea director general yukiya amano on fukushima report. Fukushima the road to recovery five years of iaea action.
Resources news updates and other relevant information on the fukushima nuclear accident in japan. The area of the pacific ring of fire has been assessed as quite prone to earthquakes and. The surrounded area is observed to be typified by volcanoes faults and mountains.
The fukushima daiichi disaster and the future implications for building new nuclear power plants in the united s introduction japan is known to be positioned next to the pacific ring of fire that encircles the pacific ocean. The disaster caused catastrophic damage especially to the east side of fukushima with the mega tsunami and the fukushima nuclear power plant explosion. Fukushima has been one of the most famous names of the place in japan against the residents will since the the great east japan earthquake occurred on the 11th match 2011.
Japan lifts evacuation order for town hit by fukushima disaster fukushima unveils plans to become renewable energy hub japan aims to power region scene of 2011 meltdown with 100 renewable. The fukushima nuclear facility was a nuclear power plant to convert nuclear energy into electrical energy. The fukushima dai ichi nuclear accident is a series of incidents including four separate explosions that took place at the naraha nuclear power plant in fukushima prefecture japan following the tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on march 11.
Japan s nuclear industrial safety agency originally declared the fukushima daiichi 1 3 accident as level 5 on the international nuclear events scale ines an accident with wider consequences the same level as three mile island in 1979. 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.
The fukushima nuclear accident independent investigation commission naiic was the first independent investigation commission by the national diet in the 66 year history of japan s constitutional government.
