• The Fukushima disaster cleanup is an ongoing attempt to limit radioactive contamination from the three nuclear reactors involved in the Fukushima Daiichi...
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    The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan which began on 11 March...
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    The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident (福島第一原子力発電所事故, Fukushima Dai-ichi (pronunciation) genshiryoku hatsudensho jiko) was a series of equipment failures...
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    Fukushima Daiichi is a multi-reactor nuclear power site in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan. A nuclear disaster occurred there after a 9.0 magnitude...
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    date, the nuclear accidents at the Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima Daiichi (2011) nuclear power plants, are the only INES level 7 nuclear accidents. The following...
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    reaction occurred after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. A nuclear emergency was declared by the...
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    The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (福島第一原子力発電所事故, Fukushima Dai-ichi (pronunciation) genshiryoku hatsudensho jiko) was a series of equipment failures...
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    from 2001 to 2006 of nuclear plants not performing within acceptable safety guidelines. According to a 2010 survey of energy accidents, there have been at...
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    2022. Futaba is on the Pacific Ocean coastline of central Fukushima. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, owned by the Tokyo Electric Power Company...
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    The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (福島第一原子力発電所, Fukushima Daiichi Genshiryoku Hatsudensho, Fukushima number 1 nuclear power plant) is a disabled...
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    1989). "Agreement for a Cleanup at Nuclear Site". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-30. Black, Richard (2011-04-12). "Fukushima: As Bad as Chernobyl...
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    Following the Fukushima I accidents, The Economist reported that the International Energy Agency halved its estimate of additional nuclear generating capacity...
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    Fukushima Daiichi (Unit 1) reactor, was 1 out of 4 reactors seriously affected during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (福島第一原子力発電所事故, Fukushima...
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    disaster in 1986 and Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. The impact of nuclear accidents has been a topic of debate since the first nuclear reactors were constructed...
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  • disaster cleanup, clean-up activities following the nuclear accidents, Fukushima, Japan 2016 Fukushima earthquake 2021 Fukushima earthquake Fukushima, Hokkaido...
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  • been several nuclear and radiation accidents involving fatalities, including nuclear power plant accidents, nuclear submarine accidents, and radiotherapy...
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  • have been no known civilian nuclear accidents since the Fukushima nuclear accident. Criticality accident International Nuclear Events Scale List of Chernobyl-related...
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    the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are the observed and predicted effects as a result of the release of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichii...
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    policy should be overhauled in light of the Fukushima I nuclear accidents. David Lochbaum, chief nuclear safety officer with the Union of Concerned Scientists...
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    reactors, as are issues that pose a risk of nuclear accidents". Following the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, according to Black & Veatch's annual...
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    operation of the plant, the nuclear fuel cycle, and the effects of nuclear accidents. Nuclear power plants do not burn fossil fuels and so do not directly emit...
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    energy accidents rated at the maximum severity on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. The response...
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    2017). "Six years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, residents trickle back to deserted towns". Reuters. "Nuclear cleanup of Fukushima town to start around...
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  • lists notable military accidents involving nuclear material. Civilian accidents are listed at List of civilian nuclear accidents. For a general discussion...
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    Fukushima Daiichi (Unit 3) reactor, was 1 out of 4 reactors seriously affected during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (福島第一原子力発電所事故, Fukushima...
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    A nuclear meltdown (core meltdown, core melt accident, meltdown or partial core melt) is a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage...
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    countries. The 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident subsequently undermined the nuclear power industry's proposed renaissance and revived nuclear opposition worldwide...
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    two reactor accidents classed as an International Nuclear Event Scale Level 7 "major accident": the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and 2011 Fukushima disaster....
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    created in a nuclear reactor core during a nuclear meltdown accident. Resembling lava in consistency, it consists of a mixture of nuclear fuel, fission...
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    involved in the cleanup of the accident found no significant long-term health effects from their involvement. The December 1938 discovery of nuclear fission by...
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