The operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant ignored warnings that the complex was at risk of damage from a tsunami of the size that hit north east japan in march and dismissed the. 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. 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. Tokyo electric power co kyodo news ap.
Damage at fukushima daiichi power plant two of the damaged containment buildings at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant northeastern fukushima prefecture japan several days after the march 11 2011 earthquake and tsunami that crippled the installation. On march 11 2011 a chain of devastating natural disasters struck the pacific coast of japan. The 2011 japan earthquake tsunami and nuclear disaster ellie kitanidis october 24 2012 submitted as coursework for ph240 stanford university fall 2011 introduction.
At 2 46 pm 0546 gmt of march 11 2011 a 9 0 magnitude underwater quake struck the pacific seabed roughly. Pope francis will meet in japan with victims of the enormous earthquake and tsunami of 2011 that triggered the fukushima nuclear meltdown sometimes referred to as the triple disaster. This led to several meltdowns allowing harmful radioactive fuel rods and.
In 2011 a 33ft 10m high tsunami that killed nearly 19 000 people crashed into japan s fukushima nuclear power plant. Nuclear disaster feared in japan after power plant explosion. Before and after the japan tsunami.
Fukushima nuclear plant opened to journalists. 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.
Nuclear power plant japan tsunami 2011. 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. At the time of the tōhoku earthquake on 11 march 2011 reactors 4 5 and 6 were shut down in preparation for re fueling.
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.
