FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR DISASTER Date: March 11‚ 2011 Location: Ōkuma‚ Fukushima‚ Japan Construction began: July 25‚ 1967 (Fukushima I - 1) Commission date: March 26‚ 1971 (Fukushima I - 1) Operator(s): Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Constructor(s): Kajima Injuries: 37 with physical injuries‚ 2 workers taken to hospital with radiation burns. THE POWERPLANT The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant also known as Fukushima Dai-ichi (dai-ichi means "number one")‚ is a disabled nuclear
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Japan triggered a massive tsunami which eventually caused a nuclear power plant outbreak. The tsunami‚ 14-metres in height struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant‚ which is located in the towns of Okuma and Futaba in the Fukushima Prefecture. This resulted in loss of power to the reactors of Units 1‚ 2 and 3.Along with this damage‚ the cooling system failed to work and there were hydrogen explosions which ended in damaging the nuclear plant. The damages also include extensive release of radioactive
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of the radioactive contamination in Fukushima nuclear power disaster A nuclear power disaster can result in terrible radioactive contamination. According to the report of Nuclear Safety and Security Institute‚ radioactive level in the central control room of Unit 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Station was 1000 times higher than its normal level after the earthquake. The communique reported that the amount of radiation around the gate of the nuclear power plant was increasing. It became 70
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The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster A First-Hand Account of Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Katsumi Furitsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Young doctors speak out on the Fukushima disaster . . . . . . . . . . .40 Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare Ronald McCoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 “A terribly difficult situation with a lot of uncertainties”: PSR Press Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Homework Essay Assignment for 9-28-2012 Grade ______ Name Ryan Hung Recitation Session A Topic The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident After the earthquake in Fukushima heavy damage was sustained on the power plant and surrounding area. The reactor was shut down however complications with the reactor soon arose as the residual thermal output of radiation became an issue. Under normal circumstances‚ the thermal output exceeds a little more than 460MW of energy. The system is cooled using
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On 11 March 2011‚ disaster struck Fukushima‚ Japan when an immense tsunami hit and caused massive equipment failure to the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant‚ which led to vast radioactive leaks and consequences. The Fukushima disaster is one of the worst nuclear disasters to ever take place‚ comparable to Chernobyl. Some energy specialists believe that the detriments of nuclear energy far outweigh the benefits due to the consequences it has caused in history and what it will cause in the future because
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The Fukushima Nuclear Plant The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was built in Okuma‚ Fukushima‚ to provide Japan with electricity. The plant consists of six nuclear reactors that were built during different times in the 1970s. The reactors were built close together primarily because finding a new location would make a new reactor very expensive‚ compared to the addition of a new reactor. The plant was constructed near the sea because nuclear plants consumes massive amount of waters just
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Fukushima disaster Japan is one of the most affected countries by natural disasters because of it’s geographical placement on the tectonic plates. In 2011 Japan was impacted by a monumental earthquake that caused a tsunami. This provoked the nuclear plant Fukushima Daiichi to leak radioactive material into the farm lands of Japan. Fukushima was overheating due to equipment failure‚ and loss of coolant agent. This was the result of a nuclear meltdown. It was rapidly shut down to prevent any further
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Nuclear disasters From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The list of the worst disasters at nuclear power plants and other facilities all over the world is presented below: During the 2011 Fukushima nuclear emergency in Japan‚ three nuclear reactors were damaged by explosions. Following an earthquake‚ tsunami‚ and failure of cooling systems at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan on March 11‚ 2011‚ a nuclear emergency was declared. This was the first time a nuclear emergency had
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Nuclear and Radiation Accidents Since the beginning of the Atomic Age‚ the use of nuclear energy technologies has been accompanied by numerous crises and persistent public health concerns. Currently‚ nuclear power has become an indispensable part in the ongoing search for alternative energy sources. By “January 2011‚ 442 nuclear power plants operated globally to supply a total of 400‚000 megawatts of energy‚ or roughly 14% of the total global energy supply”(Wisconsin Institute par.2). Yet with
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