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- March 2021 marks ten years since an earthquake off Japan’s Pacific Coast and the tsunami it caused led to reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to melt down, releasing radiation and forcing the government to evacuate over 100,000 residents in surrounding areas.
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Jan 31, 2022 · Here’s what’s happening “NOW” in Fukushima as 10 years have passed since the disaster. Reconstruction of Fukushima in progress, both on-site and off-site. The governmental structure in charge of the reconstruction of Fukushima involves several ministries and agencies, and covers activities both on-site and off-site.
Mar 11, 2021 · With public confidence in nuclear power at record low levels following the accident, authorities suspended operations at 46 of the country’s 50 operational power reactors. Nuclear energy, a strategic priority since the 1960s, supplying almost a third of Japan’s electricity, was suddenly shelved.
Mar 11, 2021 · The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster began 10 years ago today, marking one of the most serious nuclear accidents in history. The disaster was deemed to be a level 7 incident on the...
- Ed Browne
Aug 23, 2023 · Fukushima 10 years on: How the 'triple disaster' unfolded. A tsunami struck the Japanese plant in 2011, leading to the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Mar 11, 2021 · It’s 10 years since Japan was hit by a giant 9.0-magnitude earthquake, triggering a massive tsunami. Along the north-east coast dozens of towns and villages were engulfed by the wave. The...
As the ensuing tsunami swept across the mainland, it breached Japan’s coastal defences including the perimeter of the Fukushima Daiichi’s Nuclear Power Plant, causing the release of radionuclides.
More than 19,000 people died and tens of thousands more fled as radiation belched from the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. A decade later, large swaths of land remain ...
