It appears that no serious damage was done to the reactors by the earthquake and the operating units 1 3 were automatically shut down in response to it as designed. See also background on earthquakes and seismic protection for nuclear power plants in japan events at fukushima daiichi 1 3 4. A powerful explosion hits a badly damaged japanese nuclear power plant as a huge relief operation continues after friday s devastating earthquake and tsunami.
The fukushima daini nuclear power plant 福島第二原子力発電所 fukushima daini pronunciation genshiryoku hatsudensho fukushima ii npp 2f is a nuclear power plant located on a 150 ha 370 acre site in the town of naraha and tomioka in the futaba district of fukushima prefecture japan the tokyo electric power company tepco runs the plant. Radioactive material was released from the damaged plant and tens of. It was the largest civilian nuclear accident since the chernobyl accident in 1986.
On 11 march 2011 the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant suffered major damage from the failure of equipment after the magnitude 9 0 great east japan earthquake and subsequent tsunami. 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 has been rocked by a strong 6 2 earthquake in the fukushima prefecture the home to the nuclear power plant devastated in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. 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. Image 1 of 6 the crippled fukushima dai ichi nuclear power plant.
Japan s fukushima region transformed from rural haven to ravaged wasteland when the earthquake and tsunami struck in march 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.
However their spent fuel pools still required cooling. At the time of the tōhoku earthquake on 11 march 2011 reactors 4 5 and 6 were shut down in preparation for re fueling. The fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant comprised six separate boiling water reactors originally designed by general electric ge and maintained by the tokyo electric power company tepco.
