Even though nuclear reactions have stopped there s still an awful lot of heat and subsequently radioactive. In modern nuclear reactors control rods can be placed in between regular fuel rods to stop nuclear reactions in the event of an emergency that process was accomplished successfully in the japanese fukushima daiichi nuclear reactors but the problems occurring there come from a catch. The sendai nuclear power plant on kyushu was the first of japan.
Regularly pummelled by natural disasters japan has frequently had to bounce back from adversity. The new images were taken by the tokyo electric power company which operates the plant. The disaster was the worst nuclear incident since the chernobyl meltdown of 1986.
On march 11 2011 japan was hit by an undersea 9 1 magnitude earthquake that shook the coast of tōhoku region triggering a tsunami wreaking havoc in cities such as kesennuma ishinomaki and others. See more ideas about fukushima nuclear disasters and japan. Mar 9 2014 explore emroo3 s board japan radiation disaster on pinterest.
Police officers take part in a search operation for the remains of people who went missing after the march 11 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in namie fukushima on march 11. See more ideas about nuclear disasters fukushima japan nuclear. Mar 9 2016 explore debbie rogers s board japan nuclear disaster followed by 624 people on pinterest.
However their spent fuel pools still required cooling. At the time of the tōhoku earthquake on 11 march 2011 reactors 4 5 and 6 were shut down in preparation for re fueling. The fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant comprised six separate boiling water reactors originally designed by general electric ge and maintained by the tokyo electric power company tepco.
