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. In september 2011 the nuclear damage compensation facilitation corporation started by working with tepco to compile a business plan for the next decade. On 14 june 2011 japan s cabinet passed the nuclear disaster compensation bill and a related budget to fund post tsunami reconstruction was also passed subsequently.
It was the fifth most powerful earthquake ever recorded and within 30 minutes a 133 foot high tsunami pummeled japan s northeastern shoreline. On march 11 2011 a 9 1 magnitude earthquake occurred 231 miles northeast of tokyo. Fukushima site of a partial nuclear meltdown after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit japan in 2011 will host softball and baseball events during the olympic games next year.
This led to several meltdowns allowing harmful radioactive fuel rods and. In 2011 a 33ft 10m high tsunami that killed nearly 19 000 people crashed into japan s fukushima nuclear power plant. By now more japanese have died from the closing of japan s nuclear power plants following the 2011 tohoku quake than from the tsunami and the earthquake combined which was about 20 000 people.
The event began with a powerful earthquake off the coast of honshu japan s main island which initiated a series of large tsunami waves that devastated many coastal areas. Japan earthquake and tsunami severe natural disaster that occurred in northeastern japan on march 11 2011 and killed at least 20 000 people. The 9 magnitude earthquake had struck off the coast of japan and triggered a tsunami that devastated large parts of the country s northeast and led to the meltdown of three nuclear reactors at fukushima.
The fukushima nuclear power plant was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami in march 2011. 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 tÅhoku earthquake and tsunami japan had generated 30 of its electrical power from nuclear reactors and planned to increase that share to 40. Kan acknowledged flaws in authorities handling of the crisis including poor communication and coordination between nuclear regulators utility officials and. According to naoto kan japan s prime minister during the tsunami the country was unprepared for the disaster and nuclear power plants should not have been built so close to the ocean.
