On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake struck Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, triggering a total station blackout and a disastrous nuclear accident. Radioactive cores of three reactors (Units 1, 2,
In March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was hit by an earthquake and tsunami that led to a massive release of radioactive material. The government, Diet, and Tokyo Electric Power Company have separately published investigation reports, all of which follow a "paternalistic" ...
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan was (severe) damaged by a tsunami in 2011, leading to a major nuclear disaster. Since then, water has been continuously used (cool) the damaged reactors (反应堆) and prevent further damage. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the (operate...
Hiroshi Yoshii2, Satoshi Mizuno3 & Hiroaki Shiraishi1 In 2011, 2012, and 2013, in the intertidal zones of eastern Japan, we investigated the ecological effects of the severe accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant that accompanied the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsun...
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...
The triple meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi shook Japans confidence in nuclear power. Before the disaster, 54 reactors were in operation, supplying about 30% of the countrys electric power. Just 14 reactors have been restarted, while others are being decommissioned or awaiting permission to go back...
Ogimoto K, Yamaguchi M (2012) Nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and its impact on Japanese energy and climate policy. Clim Chang Mitig Lect Notes Energy 4:223-244Ogimoto K, Yamaguchi M. Nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and its ...
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accidents in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, drastically changed human activities in areas close to the disaster sites. Humans were required to evacuate a 20-km radius around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) and this altered some 650 ...
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident First considerations 热度: Risk communication surrounding the Fukushima nuclear disaster an anthropological approach 热度: 2 - The Fukushima nuclear power plant accident the main sequence of events 热度: TheFukushimaDaiichiNuclear ...
On March 11th, 2011 the Tōhoku earthquake and resulting tsunami wreaked havoc on Japan. It also resulted in the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl when the tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Radioactive particles were relea