The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, caused the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident, which is regarded as a level 7, major accident, on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale. There was a great concern among the general public in Japan about the ...
The Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 11, 2011, resulted in three full reactor meltdowns and the spread of radioactive fallout over mainland Japan, primarily throughout the Tohoku region. Many affected communities required long-term and, in some cases,
In the first story, Marumaru, the Chernobyl piglet, becomes Tanya’s pet and goes with her to school. But after the accident at the nuclear plant, Tanya’s family evacuates and Marumaru is left to search for food with other pigs in the contaminated forest. The letter is from Tanya to ...
After the accident happened, TEPCO claimed that the reactor's core was damaged, but did not admit that the core had melted until two months later, though according to TEPCO's own standards, when 5 percent of a core is damaged, it means the core has melted. A report from a third-party...
local approval will be needed before restart can actually occur. Tepco's questionable financial issues would be eased if the two units resume operation. Tepco's president said,"As the company that caused the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, it's not an easy task to win...
A dozen years after the disaster at the Fukushima(福岛) nuclear plant, it still casts a covering over life in Japan. Many of over 100,000 residents moved from around the nuclear plant at the time of the accident remain displaced. Abroad, Fukushima’s legacy(遗留问题...
Everything that someone who prays for a television that is modern and at the same time respectful of our past, may ask for Riccardo Bocca - L’Espresso (Italy) Synopsis “The testimony of the first foreign journalist to arrive on the site of the accident unearths the truth about the Fuku...
Minami-Soma, Katsurao, Naraha, Kawauchi, Tamura and Hirono. Next March will mark 10 years since the nuclear accident at the plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc., but the population of these municipalities still hovers around 20% of the...
The future of nuclear power generation after the Fukushima accident 7.2.4Coping with nuclear power generation The Fukushima accident is one of the worst failures in the history ofnuclear power generation. Nuclear power itself is not evil nor is it a savior. We should be aware of its dangers ...
After the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, radioactive cesium (Cs) was released and the agricultural fields in Fukushima were contaminated. It became important to obtain data for radioactive Cs accumulation in rice grown in contamin