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Mar 10, 2021 · The nuclear disaster. Along the path of the tsunami sat 11 operational reactors at four nuclear power plants, owned by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in Fukushima prefecture.
- Alia Chughtai
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Operating Nuclear Power Reactors interactive map shows all the nuclear power reactors that are regulated by the NRC and provides information about the operator, model, and power output for each reactor.
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (福島第一原子力発電所, Fukushima Daiichi Genshiryoku Hatsudensho, Fukushima number 1 nuclear power plant) is a disabled nuclear power plant located on a 3.5-square-kilometre (860-acre) site [ 1 ] in the towns of Ōkuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Apr 29, 2024 · Fukushima Daiichi Accident. Updated Monday, 29 April 2024. Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident beginning on 11 March 2011. All three cores largely melted in the first three days.
Sep 10, 2024 · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The Fukushima accident was an accident in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi (“Number One”) nuclear power plant in Japan. It is the second worst nuclear...
- An earthquake and tsunami led to power loss in the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Without power, the cooling systems failed in three reactors, and their...
- Immediately after the Fukushima accident in 2011, radiation levels increased in food, water, and the ocean near the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Becaus...
- Nobody died as a direct result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. However, in 2018 one worker in charge of measuring radiation at the plant died of...
Oct 30, 2019 · The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is located on the coast of Japan, facing the Pacific Ocean. The plant comprised of six general electric light water boiling water reactors with a combined power of 4.7 gigawatts, making it one of the world's 25 largest nuclear power stations.
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The IAEA’s assistance will address safety aspects of the handling of the water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant — related to radiation safety of the public and the environment — as well as transparency.
