A study published in 2005 by the world health organization estimates that there may eventually be up to 4 000 additional cancer deaths related to the accident among those exposed to significant radiation levels. The worst nuclear accident to date was the chernobyl disaster which occurred in 1986 in ukraine the accident killed 31 people directly and damaged approximately 7 billion of property. As of february 2019 of the 54 nuclear reactors in japan there were 42 operable reactors but only 9 reactors in 5 power plants were actually operating.
Nuclear power energy was a national strategic priority in japan. Prior to the 2011 tōhoku earthquake and tsunami japan had generated 30 of its electrical power from nuclear reactors and planned to increase that share to 40. In september 2011 the nuclear damage compensation facilitation corporation started by working with tepco to compile a business plan for the next decade.
On 14 june 2011 japan s cabinet passed the nuclear disaster compensation bill and a related budget to fund post tsunami reconstruction was also passed subsequently. It was the worst civilian nuclear radiation accident in japan prior to the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster of 2011. The incident took place in a conversion building operated by jco formerly japan nuclear fuel conversion co a subsidiary of sumitomo metal mining company in the village of tōkai.
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. Before the accident japan s nuclear fleet had provided 30 of the country s electricity needs but within 14 months of the accident japan s nuclear generation had been brought to a standstill. Radiation levels in parts of okuma west of the daiichi plant have been.
A japanese town whose population fled the 2011 fukushima nuclear plant disaster has partially reopened eight years later. Fukushima accident disaster that occurred in 2011 at the fukushima daiichi number one nuclear power plant on the pacific coast of northern japan which was caused by a severe earthquake and powerful series of tsunami waves and was the second worst nuclear power accident in history. 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. Following the disaster it was reported in the economist that the iaea halved its estimate of additional nuclear generating capacity to be built by 2035. In september 2011 iaea director general yukiya amano said the japanese nuclear disaster caused deep public anxiety throughout the world and damaged confidence in nuclear power.
