TOKYO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Eleven years after the quake-induced Fukushima disaster, the aftermath of the nuclear meltdown, not least a large amount of contaminated water, remains a grave challenge for Japan as well as for the rest of the world. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earth...
The chapter presents a systems-theory-informed analysis of the 11 March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. Following the T艒hoku earthquake, Fukushima-Daiichi suffered a series of failures that saw nuclear material released into the environment and the evacuation of 150,000 residents...
This case study discusses the causes, consequences and implications of the nuclear disaster at TEPCO's (Tokyo Electric Power Company's) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, that was triggered by a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami waves on March 11, 2011. Over the following...
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN received: 17 July 2015 accepted: 04 January 2016 Published: 04 February 2016 Decline in intertidal biota after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear disaster: field observations Toshihiro Horiguchi1, Hiroshi Yoshii2, ...
717 thoughts on “Fukushima Disaster” KK on March 12, 2011 “The explosion which blew the lid off the Fukushima I nuclear plant occurred on March 11, 2011 at 3.36 pm [1]. You can see in the chart below that Sedna is conjunct the Midheaven. Conjunct the Descendant is Ceres, ...
When the disaster forced many businesses to close, local shop owners put their heads together and decided to open up several shops along this backstreet. It's lined with more than 10 shops. They include an Italian restaurant, a shop serving local Fukushima dishes, and even an izakaya. The ...
TOKYO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) should pay 1.4 billion yen (12 million U.S. dollars) in damages to about 3,700 residents whose lives were stricken by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. ...
Japan's March 2011 triple disaster—first a large earthquake, followed by a massive tsunami and a nuclear meltdown—caused a devastating loss of life, damaged and destroyed property, and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless, hurt, and in need. This article looks at the effort to ...
Mental health consequences for survivors of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster: a systematic review Part 2: emotional and behavioral consequences To compile the findings of studies assessing emotional and behavioral changes in the survivors of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, we performed a syste....
TOKYO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The operator of Japan's disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant will be sued by six young people on Thursday over claims that exposure to radiation after the plant's multiple meltdowns caused them to develop thyroid cancer. ...