2011 Japanese nuclear accidents
Encyclopedia
This is a list of articles describing aspects of the nuclear shut-downs, failures, and nuclear meltdowns
triggered by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
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Nuclear meltdown
Nuclear meltdown is an informal term for a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating. The term is not officially defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency or by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
triggered by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
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Fukushima nuclear power plants
- Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant (Daiichi)
- Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disasterFukushima Daiichi nuclear disasterThe is a series of equipment failures, nuclear meltdowns, and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. The plant comprises six separate boiling water reactors originally designed by General Electric ,...
- Timeline of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
- Radiation effects from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
- Japanese reaction to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
- International reaction to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
- Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
- Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant (Daini)
- Fukushima II nuclear accidents
- Timeline of the Fukushima Daini nuclear accidentsTimeline of the Fukushima Daini nuclear accidentsThe Fukushima II nuclear accidents occurred after the 9.0 magnitude 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March. This offshore earthquake near the island of Honshu produced a large tsunami in Japan, and a tsunami warning for over 20 countries. The earthquake triggered the shut down all four of...
Other nuclear facilities
- Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant incidents
- Higashidōri Nuclear Power Plant incidents
- Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant incidents
- Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant incidents
- Rokkasho Reprocessing plant incidents
See also
- Japanese nuclear incidentsJapanese nuclear incidentsThis is a list of Japanese atomic, nuclear and radiological accidents, incidents and disasters.-List:-See also:* Nuclear power in Japan* List of civilian nuclear accidents* List of civilian nuclear incidents* List of civilian radiation accidents...
- Nuclear power in JapanNuclear power in JapanNuclear energy was a national strategic priority in Japan, but there has been concern about the ability of Japan's nuclear plants to withstand seismic activity...
- Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
- List of civilian nuclear accidents in the 2010s
- List of civilian nuclear incidents in the 2010s
- Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power PlantKashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power PlantThe is a large, modern nuclear power plant on a 4.2-square-kilometer site including land in the towns of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture, Japan on the coast of the Sea of Japan, from where it gets cooling water...