The fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant 福島第一原子力発電所 fukushima daiichi genshiryoku hatsudensho is a disabled nuclear power plant located on a 3 5 square kilometre 860 acre site in the towns of ōkuma and futaba in fukushima prefecture japan the plant suffered major damage from the magnitude 9 0 earthquake and tsunami that hit japan on march 11 2011. The interviewee is helen mary caldicott born 7 august 1938 is an australian physician author and anti nuclear advocate opposing the use of nuclear power depleted uranium munitions. Helen caldicott in march 2019.
An ongoing global radiological catastrophe. Global research a non profit media group in canada issued this article with the title fukushima. And governments are continuing to invest in nuclear facilities because of their capacity for power generation.
Nuclear power production worldwide grew by 3 3 in 2018 with global generation reaching pre fukushima levels and nuclear plants meeting almost 10 of the increase in global demand for electricity. Japan s first ever nuclear emergency was declared and 140 000 residents within 20 km 12 mi of the plant were evacuated. Though all of japan s nuclear reactors successfully withstood shaking from the tohoku earthquake flooding from the ensuing tsunami caused the failure of cooling systems at the fukushima i nuclear power plant on 11 march 2011.
The site is on japan s pacific coast in northeastern fukushima prefecture about 100 km 60 miles south of sendai. Fukushima accident also called fukushima nuclear accident or fukushima daiichi nuclear accident accident in 2011 at the fukushima daiichi number one plant in northern japan the second worst nuclear accident in the history of nuclear power generation. 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.
