Fukushima daiichi power plants. Medical search. Frequent questions

Workers evacuated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after the quake, the Tokyo Electric Power Company said. (cnn.com)

The man in charge of cleaning up the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has admitted there is little cause for optimism while thousands of workers continue their battle to contain huge quantities of radioactive water. (opednews.com)

Fukushima was the first nuclear plant to be designed, constructed, and run in conjunction with General Electric and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). (wikipedia.org)
The sister nuclear plant Fukushima Daini ("number two"), 12 km (7.5 mi) to the south, is also run by TEPCO. (wikipedia.org)
In the same month, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced a work schedule ('roadmap') for stabilizing the critical situation at Fukushima Daiichi NPP. (cnic.jp)
On the basis of the data published by the Japanese government and TEPCO, we have presumed that the earthquake must have damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi NPP before the tsunami waves struck the plant. (cnic.jp)
2011). Mid-and-long-Term Roadmap towards the Decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Units 1-4, TEPCO . (blogspot.com)
2012). Japan's Compensation System for Nuclear Damage: As Related to the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident . (blogspot.com)
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the plant's operator, said the process began on Monday afternoon and is expected to fill the tunnel with about 6,000 tons of seawater by Tuesday noon. (dimsumdaily.hk)
The charts are cross-referenced to the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) "Roadmap" plan to bring the nuclear reactors and the spent fuel pools at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to a stable cooling condition and to mitigate radioactive releases. (iaea.org)
Despite fishing within sight of these tanks, fishers in Fukushima feel they are the last to know every time TEPCO or the Japanese Government make a decision about the next step in their management plans for this water," he said. (cosmosmagazine.com)
FILE - This aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, northern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023, shortly after its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings TEPCO began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. (wgntv.com)
A report in May by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which is the plant's operator, said that a failure in reactor No.2's pressure relief systems was one of the causes of the disaster. (rt.com)
TEPCO has used 16 robots to explore the crippled plant to date, from military models to radiation-resistant multi-segmented snake-like devices that can fit through a small pipe. (rt.com)
"On September 9th and 11th, due to typhoon no.18 (Etau), heavy rain caused Fukushima Daiichi K drainage rainwater to overflow to the sea," TEPCO said in a statement, adding that the samples taken "show safe, low levels" of radiation. (rt.com)
For its part, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, had a history of disregard for safety. (popsci.com)
The water problem is so severe that the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power [Tepco], and its myriad partner firms have enlisted almost all of their 6,000 workers in the 2tn yen ( 11bn) mission to bring it under control, almost four years after a deadly tsunami sparked a triple meltdown at the plant. (opednews.com)

Fukushima in review: A complex disaster, a disastrous response. (blogspot.com)
The March, 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster - A Foreseeable System Accident? (springer.com)
Comparison of mortality patterns after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant radiation disaster and during the COVID-19 pandemic. (bvsalud.org)
A recent study by the University of Southern California said the Fukushima disaster could have been prevented. (rt.com)
This happened despite delays being mooted in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster . (wikipedia.org)
March 11 marks the anniversary of Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor disaster. (cdc.gov)
The 2011 disaster delivered a devastating one-two punch to the Fukushima plant. (popsci.com)
The market's growth was stimulated, in part, by Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 2011. (eenews.net)
Radiation leaked after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 is unlikely to make the general public and the majority of workers sick, a United Nations scientific committee today said previewing a new report. (un.org)
That's because it revealed that a nuclear power plant in a developed country, using current technology, was unable to withstand a natural disaster, leading to partial leaks in four of its six reactors. (upenn.edu)
That's why Peru, which has a long history of earthquakes, hastened to announce as a result of the Japanese disaster that it would do without nuclear power plants when it develops its energy matrix. (upenn.edu)
Japan has opened the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to journalists for the first time since the disaster of last March. (rt.com)

The Prime Minister has also vowed that the national policy to promote nuclear power plants will be dropped and that Japan's energy policy be subject to review. (cnic.jp)
Japan's Fukushima region transformed from rural haven to ravaged wasteland when the earthquake and tsunami struck in March 2011. (telegraph.co.uk)
Japan's plan to release nuclear waste - treated radioactive water - from the crippled Fukushima reactor into the ocean has its supporters but is causing ripples in the Pacific. (cosmosmagazine.com)
Sometime in the next few months, more than a million tonnes of treated radioactive water from Japan's ruined Fukushima nuclear reactor will begin to be pumped into the Pacific Ocean. (cosmosmagazine.com)
Japan's government set up a relief fund to help find new markets and reduce the impact of China's seafood ban, while the central and local governments have led a campaign to eat fish and support Fukushima, now joined by many consumers. (abc4.com)
March 11 is the anniversary of Japan's Fukushima radiation emergency. (cdc.gov)
In its report, the commission concluded that Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission had never been independent from the industry , nor from the powerful Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, which promotes nuclear power. (popsci.com)
More than three years into the massive cleanup of Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant, only a tiny fraction of the workers are focused on key tasks such as preparing for the dismantling of the broken reactors and removing radioactive fuel rods. (opednews.com)
Our current issues concerning nuclear nonproliferation and the peaceful use of nuclear power are ensuring Japan's nuclear safety and enhancing nuclear security measures in light of the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (the Fukushima nuclear accident). (go.jp)
Last month's earthquake and ensuing tsunami damaged Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, leading to significant radioactive leaks. (upenn.edu)
Three days after a tsunami hit Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was celebrating. (adherents.com)
In addition, events such as the explosions at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March of 2011 ignite concerns of radiation exposure, which can lead to radiation-induced injury. (medscape.com)

6th June 2023 - (Tokyo) Japan has begun sending seawater into an underwater tunnel built to release nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant , according to local media reports. (dimsumdaily.hk)
The tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began its third release of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the sea Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 after Japanese officials said the two earlier releases ended smoothly. (wgntv.com)

NHK also reported tsunami advisories for the Pacific coast of Aomori Prefecture, and for the Iwate, Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures. (cnn.com)
Off-site releases of radioactive materials contaminated land in Fukushima and several neighboring prefectures. (popsci.com)
The Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the Pacific Ocean side of north-eastern Japan on 11 March 2011, 1 resulting in more than 18 000 deaths and missing people in three prefectures: Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima. (who.int)

The effects of radioactive fallout from an accident of a nuclear power reactor as well as a nuclear bomb explosion are caused mostly by "internal exposure", yet no adequate attention has been given to this aspect by the authorities and the associated scientists. (uchicago.edu)
Last month, the severity rating of the nuclear plant accident at Fukushima was raised to a Level 7 nuclear crisis, the same category as Chernobyl. (cnic.jp)
Analysis of particulate distributed across Fukushima Prefecture: attributing provenance to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident or an alternate emission source. (bris.ac.uk)
Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission. (blogspot.com)
2012). The official report of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission . (blogspot.com)
Investigation Committee on the Accident at Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company. (blogspot.com)
2012). Fukushima Daiichi Accident Study (Status as of April 2012) . (blogspot.com)
2011). Special Report on the Nuclear Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station . (blogspot.com)
2012). Fukushima, one year later - Initial analyses of the accident and its consequences . (blogspot.com)
2011). IAEA International Fact Finding Expert Mission of The Fukushima Dai-Ichi NPP Accident Following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami . (blogspot.com)
2013). The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: OECD/NEA Nuclear Safety Response and Lessons Learnt . (blogspot.com)
Furthermore, we believe there are many more geotechnical engineering methods and materials that are useful for decommissioning the post-accident nuclear plant. (elsevierpure.com)
A group of Japan Geotechnical Society researchers started to study an education system emphasizing the application of geotechnical engineering for post-accident nuclear plants under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. (elsevierpure.com)
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered a level-7 nuclear accident in 2011, and has generated a large amount of water tainted with radioactive substances that is stored in about 1,000 storage tanks. (dimsumdaily.hk)
Most of the area contaminated by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident is covered by forest. (nature.com)
Though no direct health hazards caused by radiation , such as acute radiation injury , were observed following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident , indirect deaths have been reported, including those caused by initial emergency evacuation and relocation, medical disruption, and psychological and social health effects. (bvsalud.org)
Since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident in March 2011, atmospheric simulation models have improved our understanding of the atmospheric behavior of radionuclides. (elsevierpure.com)
Therefore, the livestock abandoned in the ex-evacuation zone and euthanized due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) accident are extremely valuable for analyzing the environmental pollution, its biodistribution, the metabolism of radionuclides, dose evaluation and the influence of internal exposure. (elsevierpure.com)
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 150 miles northeast of Tokyo, was severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami with its crucial cooling systems knocked out, resulting in a series of explosions, meltdowns - and the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years. (telegraph.co.uk)
Leslie Mabon from the Open University in the UK has visited Fukushima about a dozen times since the accident. (cosmosmagazine.com)
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident has had an impact on the development of nuclear power around the world. (oecd-nea.org)
While the accident was followed by thorough technical assessments of the safety of all operating nuclear power plants, and a general increase in safety requirements has been observed worldwide, national policy responses have been more varied. (oecd-nea.org)
This study examines changes to policies, and plans and attempts to distinguish the impact of the Fukushima Daiichi accident from other factors that have affected policymaking in relation to nuclear energy, in particular electricity market economics, financing challenges and competition from other sources (gas, coal and renewables). (oecd-nea.org)
The accident triggered widespread evacuations, large economic losses and the eventual shutdown of all nuclear power plants in Japan. (popsci.com)
Kiyoshi Kurokawa chaired an independent national commission , known as the NAIIC, created by the Diet of Japan to investigate the root causes of the Fukushima Daiichi accident. (popsci.com)
Those reviews and many others concluded that Fukushima was a man-made accident , triggered by natural hazards, that could and should have been avoided . (popsci.com)
Under these circumstances, the 2011 International Forum was held with the goals of discussing comprehensive approaches to nuclear safety and security, together with various activities reported by the United States and other participants to enhance nuclear security against terrorist acts at nuclear facilities in light of the Fukushima nuclear accident. (go.jp)
Radiation exposure following the nuclear accident at Fukushima-Daiichi did not cause any immediate health effects," the UN Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) today said in a news release . (un.org)
If that had not been the case, we might have seen the cancer rates rising and other health problems emerging over the next several decades," said Wolfgang Weiss, Chair, UNSCEAR report on radiological Impact of the Fukushima-Daiichi accident. (un.org)
Until the accident at Fukushima Daiichi, Japan was an ideal example of an earthquake-prone country that could rely on its nuclear power plants for the secure generation of electricity, notes José Miguel Sánchez, professor at the Institute of Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. (upenn.edu)
Since the accident with the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) in March 2011, the public has been very concerned about radiation releases from the FDNPP. (who.int)
Although the radiation exposure of the residents due to the nuclear accident has been estimated to be generally low and is unlikely to explain this prevalence of thyroid abnormalities ( IAEA, 2015 ), the accident and the observed high number of thyroid abnormalities have had significant psychological effects on the residents of Fukushima. (who.int)
Most of the experts have been actively involved in a number of research projects related to the FDNPP accident and/or the accident with the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986. (who.int)

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 nuclear power plant located on a 3.5-square-kilometre (860-acre) site in the towns of Ōkuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. (wikipedia.org)
We have recently learned that the contamination level of green tea leaves harvested even in the western part of Kanagawa Prefecture (300 km away from Fukushima Daiichi NPP) exceeded the Japanese government's safety standard. (cnic.jp)
In contrast to investigating the distribution (and state) of these high-activity fission products, this study examined fragments of transition metals, rare earth elements and actinides found adhered to a diverse range of organic samples collected from localities across the radiologically contaminated Fukushima Prefecture. (bris.ac.uk)

Decommissioning of the nuclear plant was presented as an urgent issue, but many difficulties persist in relation to the decommissioning process. (elsevierpure.com)
li>Decommissioning work at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, destroyed in the 2011 quake, has been temporarily suspended. (theguardian.com)

The reactor's emergency diesel generators and DC batteries, crucial components in helping keep the reactors cool in the event of a power loss, were located in the basements of the reactor turbine buildings. (wikipedia.org)
The reactor design plans provided by General Electric specified placing the generators and batteries in that location, but mid-level engineers working on the construction of the plant were concerned that this made the backup power systems vulnerable to flooding. (wikipedia.org)
ACCORDING to US nuclear expert, Mark Mervine, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant withstood the earthquake but the tsunami destroyed its backup power which is necessary for cooling the reactor. (jennifermarohasy.com)
Backup generators are a key part of any nuclear power plant - they are essential to cool the plant in the event of power loss, in order to prevent a reactor meltdown. (rt.com)
An International Atomic Energy Agency investigator examines Reactor Unit 3 at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant, May 27, 2011. (popsci.com)
Despite heroic efforts by plant workers, three reactors sustained severe damage to their radioactive cores and three reactor buildings were damaged by hydrogen explosions. (popsci.com)

Geotechnical engineering methods, e.g. a cutoff wall for decreasing the inflow of ground water into the plant and cover material of low radiation waste have already been applied to the site. (elsevierpure.com)
A 2021 study shows that eating a lifetime's worth of Fukushima fish caught entirely within a few kilometres of the wastewater outlet amounts to 0.02 micro-sieverts of tritium radiation. (cosmosmagazine.com)
Nobody wants to add additional radiation to the oceans, if only because of sympathy with local Fukushima fishermen ," he said. (cosmosmagazine.com)
During the days that followed the tsunami, the damage to the reactors increased, causing more radiation to be released in the air and water that surrounded the power plant. (cdc.gov)
For example, following the Fukushima radiation emergency, there were reports that some people on the West Coast of the U.S. bought and took potassium iodide (KI) to protect themselves. (cdc.gov)
After the Fukushima emergency, CDC developed more information for the public and public health planners about radiation emergencies and how to prepare for them. (cdc.gov)

First commissioned in 1971, the plant consists of six boiling water reactors. (wikipedia.org)
These light water reactors drove electrical generators with a combined power of 4.7 GWe, making Fukushima Daiichi one of the 15 largest nuclear power stations in the world. (wikipedia.org)
Following an unprecedented request from Prime Minister Kan, all the reactors at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) were stopped on May 14. (cnic.jp)
Unable to cool itself, the Fukushima Daiichi power plant's reactors fell like dominos. (rt.com)
Engineers use a flying drone to peer into the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (cnn.com)
Its three operating reactors were the same type and vintage as those at Fukushima, and were under the same weak regulatory oversight. (popsci.com)
Instead, nearly all the workers at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant are devoted to an enormously distracting problem: a still-growing amount of contaminated water used to keep the damaged reactors from overheating. (opednews.com)
Many of the shuttered reactors remain offline as they have been unable to meet tougher safety standards that were implemented after the meltdown at Fukushima. (upi.com)

The USGS said the quake was centered 41 miles (66 kilometers) from Sendai -- one of the areas worst hit by last month's 9.0-magnitude quake -- and 73 miles (118 kilometers) from Fukushima, where a crisis has been under way at the nuclear plant since last month's tsunami. (cnn.com)
Some 165,000 people left the area, and the Japanese government established an exclusion zone around the plant that extended over 311 square miles (807 kilometers) in its largest phase. (popsci.com)
Events at the Onagawa Nuclear Power Station, located 39 miles (64 kilometers) from Fukushima, told a contrasting story . (popsci.com)
The Japanese government has begun its evacuation plan within a radius of 200 kilometers [120 miles] surrounding the plant, he adds, 'because the radioactive contamination is affecting people, animals, food and water - although the true consequences remain to be seen. (upenn.edu)

A 9.0-magnitude earthquake created a tsunami that in addition to killing 20,000 people, slammed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, disabling cooling systems and leading to fuel meltdowns in three of the six units. (un.org)

This entry was posted in *English and tagged Chernobyl , East Japan Earthquake + Fukushima , Eiichiro Ochiai , health , internal exposure . (uchicago.edu)
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was damaged by huge tsunami in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (elsevierpure.com)

Despite TEPCO's best efforts, the company has been accused of a number of mishaps and a lack of proper contingency measures to deal with the cleanup operation, after the power plant suffered a meltdown, following an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 2011. (rt.com)
Japan has been reassessing its energy sector since the disastrous meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011. (upi.com)
in 2011, which killed more than 15,000 people and sent the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into meltdown. (theguardian.com)

The plant suffered major damage from the magnitude 9.1 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011. (wikipedia.org)
It has accumulated since the plant was crippled by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in 2011. (wgntv.com)
In this March 11, 2011 photo taken about 2 hours after a massive earthquake and tsunami occured, Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, is pictured. (ratical.org)

See the timeline of the Fukushima II nuclear accidents. (wikipedia.org)
Tokyo, Japan: Secretariat of the Investigation Committee on the accidents at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station. (blogspot.com)
A new technical report coordinated by scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) evaluates long-term strategies for thyroid health monitoring after nuclear power plant accidents. (who.int)

The plant began the first wastewater release in August and will continue to do so for decades. (wgntv.com)
About 1.33 million tons of radioactive wastewater is stored in about 1,000 tanks at the plant. (wgntv.com)
Japan is about to release contaminated wastewater from its failed Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean because it's running out of storage space. (yahoo.com)

The world has been riveted by the nuclear crisis that Japan has been experiencing since last month's earthquake and the tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, leading to significant radioactive leaks. (upenn.edu)

Hiromitsu INO (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Metallurgy), the Head of The Group of Concerned Scientists and Engineers Calling for the Closure of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, and Tamotsu SUGENAMI, the Secretary, are responsible for finalizing the statement. (cnic.jp)
Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo Electric Power Company. (blogspot.com)
Faced with a litany of problems, challenges and delays, Tokyo Electric Power Co, operators of the nuclear plant, have spent months working to bring it into a state of cold shutdown and claim to have at last succeeded. (telegraph.co.uk)
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, which is running the operation, and the Japanese government, which announced plans of the release in 2021, say the water - which has been run through the Advanced Liquid Processing System to take out the most harmful radioactive isotopes - is safe. (cosmosmagazine.com)
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said its workers activated the first of the two pumps to dilute the treated water with large amounts of seawater, gradually sending the mixture into the Pacific Ocean through an undersea tunnel for an offshore release. (wgntv.com)
Workers demolish old storage tanks at the tsunami-devastated Tokyo Electric Power Co. Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2021. (upi.com)
And both of these teachers might have something to say to teachers who live near Tokyo, south of TEPCO's damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear-power plant. (edtechtalk.com)

The flooding led to widespread damage of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which released radiological contamination. (cdc.gov)
Meanwhile, a UN-organized four-day workshop on further strengthening nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response capability today wrapped up in Fukushima. (un.org)

France's La Hague reprocessing plant released 10,000 TBq of tritium as liquid in 2021, while the Fukushima plant will annually release just 2.2 TBq. (yahoo.com)

Over the years, some areas around the quake and tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have undergone decontamination. (channelnewsasia.com)

c) They checked a few other places in Japan, and say that the thyroid cancer rate in Fukushima is similar to that found in Aomori, Nagasaki and Yamanashi 17. (uchicago.edu)
All model results used in this analysis had been submitted for a model intercomparison project of the Science Council of Japan (2014, http://www.scj.go.jp/en/report/index.html). (elsevierpure.com)
Not so long ago, Fukushima was a quiet rural region of Japan, renowned for its green mountains, hot springs and sweet summer peaches. (telegraph.co.uk)
Today, however, the Fukushima region, in northeast Japan , has more sinister associations: it has achieved global notoriety as home to one of the world's worst nuclear disasters in modern history. (telegraph.co.uk)
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. (cosmosmagazine.com)
Experts widely agreed that the root causes were lax regulatory oversight in Japan and an ineffective safety culture at the utility that operated the plant. (popsci.com)
If this petition gains momentum, the pressure on Japan to withdraw as Olympic host will force the international spotlight onto the ongoing Fukushima catastrophe. (opednews.com)
http://enenews.com/fukushima-student-documentary-japan-going-insane-like-about-killed-gotten-better-government-abandoned-anyone-please-please-save-lives-fukushima-people-children-video "Nothing has gotten better" The government was incapable to deal with issues, covered up information we needed and even put pressure on us. (opednews.com)
In February, the UN World Health Organization ( WHO ) released a report in which it argued that health risks associated with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident in Japan such as cancer are low overall. (un.org)

"What doomed Fukushima Daiichi was the elevation of the EDGs (emergency diesel generators)," the authors say. (rt.com)
Displaced people after Fukushima nuclear power plant emergency in 2011. (cdc.gov)
The report also notes that one third of the emergency workers who were inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant have an increased risk of cancer. (un.org)
Nevertheless, for Chilean public opinion, the Fukushima nuclear emergency has created a powerful emotional barrier when it comes to establishing nuclear power plants in the future, notes Claudio Tenreiro, professor of engineering at the University of Talca, Chile. (upenn.edu)

Others suggest that maintaining ties with food producers near Fukushima Daiichi NPP is extremely important, and that one way to support them is to eat their products while being aware of certain risks. (cnic.jp)
The company had recently released an error-prone assessment of tsunami hazards at Fukushima that significantly underestimated the risks . (popsci.com)

As long as commercial nuclear power plants operate anywhere in the world, we believe it is critical for all nations to learn from what happened at Fukushima and continue doubling down on nuclear safety. (popsci.com)

The strenuous efforts of workers to stabilize the situation at Fukushima Daiichi NPP continue with no end in sight, and a worker who was engaged in decontamination work suddenly died on May 14. (cnic.jp)

But another big challenge that lies ahead in 2012 is the government's stance in relation to nuclear power. (telegraph.co.uk)

In 2011, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was destroyed by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake. (yahoo.com)
On that date in 2011, a 9-magnitude earthquake led to a 40-foot tsunami that overcame the 19-foot seawall built to protect the plant. (cdc.gov)
First, the magnitude 9.0 earthquake knocked out off-site electric power. (popsci.com)

It is too early for Fukushima children to get thyroid cancers. (uchicago.edu)
I think there will be a million extra cancers as a result of Fukushima Daiichi. (opednews.com)

All 6 units of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have been shut down. (tepco.co.jp)

1 million metric tonnes of treated water will be released from the plant over 30 years. (yahoo.com)

In December 2017, the rebel Houthis group claimed to have fired a cruise missile in the direction of the Barakah plant, but the Emirati authorities said that no missiles had actually reached the UAE. (wikipedia.org)
According to the media, the goal of the [Chilean] government is to establish the foundations for technical and professional training on nuclear energy in that country over the next decade, during which authorities will 'probably' decide that the country needs to equip itself with nuclear power plants. (upenn.edu)

2011). Chief Nuclear Inspector's report on lessons from Fukushima . (blogspot.com)
2012). Lessons from Fukushima . (blogspot.com)
Najmedin Meshkati served as a member and technical adviser to a committee appointed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to identify lessons from this event for making US nuclear plants safer and more secure. (popsci.com)

Thyroid ultrasound examinations, which were carried out as part of the Fukushima Health Management Survey (FHMS) , a large-scale health survey of Fukushima residents, revealed a high prevalence of thyroid abnormalities in children and young adults. (who.int)

In November 2011, the first journalists were allowed to visit the plant. (wikipedia.org)

Much worse that local wars or Ebola, Fukushima may well extinguish life in the next few years if a massive international effort is not begun at once. (opednews.com)
Elsewhere, the Japanese parliament passed a bill last month that would extend the lifespan of nuclear power plants to more than 60 years, as the country aims to cut carbon emissions and conserve energy by repurposing its nuclear resources. (upi.com)
But over the years, the high capital costs, uncertain returns and safety concerns associated with nuclear power have discouraged investors and led governments to turn to cheaper and dirtier fuel sources. (adherents.com)

The loss of social connections and family ties, and stigmatization of people from the Fukushima area, led to increased mental health issues and higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among the people who were evacuated after the incident. (cdc.gov)

In December 2009, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) awarded a coalition led by Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) a $20 billion bid to build the first nuclear power plant in the UAE. (wikipedia.org)
whose Korea Electric Power Corporation, Kepco, led the bid and won against a more experienced French rival. (adherents.com)

The plant, called Barakah, which is an Arabic word meaning 'divine blessing', was a personal triumph for Lee, who reportedly sealed the deal with a nerve-wracking 11-hour phone call to bin Zayed, and a victory for his country. (adherents.com)

Once filled, the tunnel will guide the contaminated water from the plant to a point about 1 kilometre offshore. (dimsumdaily.hk)

A month after a devastating earthquake sent a wall of water across the Japanese landscape, the global terrain of the atomic power industry has been forever altered. (cnn.com)

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