As of february 2019 of the 54 nuclear reactors in japan there were 42 operable reactors but only 9 reactors in 5 power plants were actually operating. Nuclear power energy was a national strategic priority in japan. Prior to the 2011 tōhoku earthquake and tsunami japan had generated 30 of its electrical power from nuclear reactors and planned to increase that share to 40.
Tokyo electric tepco is. Radioactive water from japan s damaged fukushima nuclear power plant will soon have to be dumped into the pacific ocean says the nation s environment minister. 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. Nearly 1 000 water tanks are scattered across the grounds of the fukushima no. The water issue is eating up both space and resources but a solution is unlikely to emerge anytime soon.
The tokyo electric power company tepco. Lethal levels of radiation have been detected at japan s fukushima nuclear power plant seven years after it was destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami. 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.
