Fukushima, ken (prefecture), northeastern Honshu, Japan, facing the Pacific Ocean. It is mostly mountainous, and settlement is concentrated in small interior basins and along the coast. Inawashiro Lake, 40 square miles (100 square km) in area, occupies t
On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan led to a tsunami, which caused a major nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The earthquake vibrations caused the automatic shutdown of 11 power plants around the country, including three reactors at the Fukushima ...
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
JapantsunamiearthquakedamagesinsuranceJapan'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 ...
In March 2011 the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan was hit by an earthquake and a tsunami that resulted in the release of significant amounts of radioactive material. Although the radiation release didn't result in any direct loss of human life, the accident was sufficient to suspend nu...
2023年、福島県浪江町に完成した福島RDMセンター。ここは會澤高圧コンクリートが中心となって研究、開発、生産を担う大型複合施設です。2011年の東日本大震災で大きな被害のあった浪江町は現在、新しいクリエイティブの拠点になることが期待されています。
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. An earthquake-triggered tsunami engulfed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, causing core meltdowns in units one to three and leading to the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. ...
For almost six minutes on March 11, 2011, the 9.0 magnitude earthquake — the worst to ever hit Japan — rocked the country. The quake was so strong that it permanently moved Japan’s main island, Honshu, more than two meters to the east. The impact also raised huge waves up to 40 ...
On March 11, 2011, Hamadori suffered major damage from a tsunami triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Today, however, life is gradually coming back to normal. In this article, we'll introduce recommended dining places in Hamadori and a museum where visitors can learn about the recov...
Susan S. Ferguson on March 12, 2011 (Reuters) – A quake-hit Japanese nuclear plant reeling from an explosion at one of its reactors has also lost its emergency cooling system at another reactor, Japan’s nuclear power safety agency said on Sunday. The emergency cooling system is no longe...