Among the many nuclear disasters that have taken place worldwide, Fukushima was easily one of the worst. After a major earthquake caused a tsunami to hit the coastal Japanese city, reactors at a nearby nuclear power plant overheated and melted, releasing radioactive materials into the surrounding...
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The 2011 tsunami in Japan created an exceptional environmental hazard by wiping out four reactors at the Fukushima nuclear facility. The event contaminated an area almost as large as the state of Connecticut with radiation, forcing mass long-term evacuations. This tsunami, caused by a massive eart...
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant on 11 March 2011, resulting in a meltdown of three of the plant's six nuclear reactors. The failure occurred when the plant was hit by a tsunami triggered by the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthqua...
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2012, it's showing you the flow of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant after the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 2011. Yes, that sharp pain you just felt in your chest is the sudden realization that the image shows the radiation reaching almost past Hawaii more than a year ago...
Chernobyl, also a nuclear power plant in Ukraine,melted downin April 1986 during a safety test. TheFukushima meltdowntook place in March 2011 when a massive earthquake caused a tsunami that damaged the plant on the east coast of Japan. ...
After the tragic trifecta of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear failure at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors in March 2011, many people have turned to Japan to understand what went wrong and how to prevent such an event from recurring. As we approach the first anniversary of the earthquake, there ...
Japan as soon as this week will begin the controversial release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. The Japanese government approved the plan two years ago, saying it is necessary to decommission the power plant, which is operate...
On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake everrecorded in Japan(andfourth in the world) struck off the coast of the country. It caused a tsunami that killed more than20,000 people, devastated communities along 500km of coastline and led to a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear...