This information paper describes in detail the causes of the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi in March 2011 and the actions taken since.

The proximate cause of the accident was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which resulted in electrical grid failure and damaged nearly all of the power ...

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Mar 6, 2012 · The accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 11, 2011, has put safety concerns front and center of the ever-contentious ...

On 11 March 2011, Japan was shaken by what became known as the Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake. It was followed by a tsunami which resulted in waves ...

Mar 7, 2024 · A magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, damaged the Fukushima Daiichi plant's cooling systems, causing three of its reactors ...

Fukushima accident, disaster that occurred in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi ('Number One') nuclear power plant on the Pacific coast of northern Japan, ...

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On 11 March 2011, the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station (FDNPS) suffered major damage after the magnitude 9.0 great east-Japan earthquake and subsequent ...

Apr 25, 2023 · The tsunami knocked out power to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, launching a nuclear meltdown whose fallout still affects Japan's citizens, ...

Although cleanup in Fukushima has been in progress for 10 years, many years remain before all the melted fuel debris will be removed from the damaged reactors.