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The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan which began on 11 March 2011.
Jul 21, 2024 · 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 nuclear power accident in history.
Aug 23, 2023 · It triggered a tsunami which swept over Japan's main island of Honshu, killing more than 18,000 people and wiping entire towns off the map. At the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the gigantic wave...
Fukushima Daiichi Accident. Updated Monday, 29 April 2024. Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident beginning on 11 March 2011. All three cores largely melted in the first three days.
Aug 24, 2023 · Japan began pumping more than a million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Thursday, a process that will take decades to complete.
Mar 10, 2021 · Fukushima’s tragic legacy—radioactive soil, ongoing leaks, and unanswered questions. The ripple effects from one of the world’s worst nuclear catastrophes continue after a decade, with ...
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident. On 11 March 2011, Japan was shaken by what became known as the Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake. It was followed by a tsunami which resulted in waves reaching heights of more than 10 meters.
Fukushima accident, also called Fukushima nuclear accident or Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, Nuclear accident at the Tokyo Electric and Power Co. (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi (“Number One”) plant in northern Japan, which became the second worst nuclear accident in the history of nuclear power generation.
Mar 10, 2023 · Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a massive amount of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.
Feb 14, 2021 · More than 100 people have been injured after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in Japan. Saturday's 7.3-magnitude quake was felt strongly in Tokyo, but no tsunami warning...
Japan has begun releasing treated radioactive water from its damaged Fukushima power plant into the Pacific Ocean - 12 years after a nuclear meltdown.
Mar 10, 2021 · FUKUSHIMA, Japan — After an earthquake and tsunami pummeled a nuclear plant about 12 miles from their home, Tomoko Kobayashi and her husband joined the evacuation and left their Dalmatian behind...
Aug 22, 2023 · Japan will start releasing treated radioactive water from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, despite opposition from its neighbours.
4 days ago · 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 the centre of the prefecture.
Jul 4, 2023 · Scientists Say Fukushima Water Is Safe, but Radiation Fears Persist. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s final report declared the treated water from the destroyed nuclear plant had met its...
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident (福島第一原子力発電所事故, Fukushima Dai-ichi ( pronunciation ⓘ) genshiryoku hatsudensho jiko) was a series of equipment failures, nuclear meltdowns, and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 ...
Mar 10, 2021 · The Fukushima disaster in maps and charts. Ten years after Japan’s deadly earthquake and tsunami, we take a look at how the disaster unfolded. By Alia Chughtai.
Fukushima is the capital and Iwaki is the largest city of Fukushima Prefecture, with other major cities including Kōriyama, Aizuwakamatsu, and Sukagawa. [3] Fukushima Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast at the southernmost part of the Tōhoku region, and is home to Lake Inawashiro, the fourth-largest lake in Japan.
Jul 5, 2023 · How is Japan treating wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant? Just how safe is the water and how will safety standards be monitored?
Aug 21, 2023 · Japan will begin releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean as early as Thursday, officials announced on Tuesday, following months of heightened public anxiety and pushback...
Jul 4, 2023 · Japan will soon begin releasing treated radioactive water into the ocean following approval from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog for a controversial plan that comes 12 years after the ...
Jul 13, 2024 · A beach in Fukushima Prefecture opened to the public Saturday for the first time since the country began releasing treated water from its meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into ...
Fukushima (福島市, Fukushima-shi, [ɸɯ̥kɯꜜɕima]) is the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the northern part of the Nakadōri, central region of the prefecture.
Aug 24, 2023 · The waste water being released from Fukushima has been treated to have 64 radioactive elements removed - except tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, which is very difficult to remove from...
Jul 26, 2023 · Japan’s top diplomat in Hong Kong has accused local authorities of failing to provide any scientific proof that the country’s seafood imports will present a health risk to consumers if treated ...
5 days ago · Taiwan plans to allow all imports of Japanese food and agricultural products from areas near the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday evening. The FDA said in a statement that it is planning to amend regulations to allow mushrooms, the meat of wild birds and other wild animals ...
Sebuah gempa bumi terjadi di lepas pantai Fukushima, Jepang, pada 16 Maret 2022, pukul 23.36 JST. [1] Gempa bumi tersebut memiliki magnitudo 7,4 menurut Badan Meteorologi Jepang (JMA), sedangkan Survei Geologi Amerika Serikat (USGS) memberikan perkiraan yang sedikit lebih rendah sebesar 7,3. Segera setelah kejadian, terdapat laporan bahwa ...
3 days ago · Operator Japan Atomic Power Co. should make a decision to decommission the reactor given the grim fact it has been unable to meet the safety requirements to bring the unit back online in spite of ...
