Fukushima disaster: What happened at the nuclear plant? - BBC
WEBAug 23, 2023 · At the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the gigantic wave surged over coastal defences and flooded the reactors, sparking a major disaster. Authorities set up …
Fukushima nuclear accident - Wikipedia
WEBThe Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan which began on 11 March 2011. The proximate cause of the accident was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which resulted in electrical grid failure and damaged nearly all …
Fukushima accident | Summary, Date, Effects, & Facts
WEBSep 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.
Fukushima disaster: What happened at the nuclear plant?
WEBAug 23, 2023 · At the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the gigantic wave surged over coastal defences and flooded the reactors, sparking a major disaster. Authorities set up an exclusion zone which grew larger...
Fukushima Daiichi Accident - World Nuclear Association
WEBFollowing 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.
Lessons from Fukushima disaster 10 years later | Stanford Report
WEBOn a Friday afternoon in the spring of 2011, the largest earthquake in Japan’s recorded history triggered a tsunami that crashed through seawalls, flattened coastal communities and pummeled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Damage from the earthquake and tsunami. (Image credit: Shutterstock)
Fukushima nuclear plant disaster: Japan marks 13-year …
WEBMar 11, 2024 · Japan is marking 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts, killing nearly 20,000 people, wiping out whole towns and destroying the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident - IAEA
WEBJan 12, 2024 · Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident. On 11 March 2011, Japan was shaken by what became known as the Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake. It was followed by a tsunami which resulted in waves reaching heights of more than 10 meters.
Fukushima Photos: 10 Years Later - The New York Times
WEBMar 10, 2021 · FUKUSHIMA, Japan — After an earthquake and tsunami pummeled a nuclear plant about 12 miles from their home, Tomoko Kobayashi and her husband joined the evacuation and left their Dalmatian...
Causes and effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident
WEBTwo 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.
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