Nuclear Crisis

2017/08/02　

Work Under Way to Install Cover at Top of No. 3 Reactor Building at TEPCO's Fukushima No. 1 Power Plant before Start of Removal of Nuke Fuel Assemblies from Spent Fuel Pool


     The 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent monster tsunami waves on March 11 2011 severely damaged Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. A breakdown of cooling systems left nuclear reactors overheating, resulting in core meltdowns. The accident and suspension of other plants in the quake-hit areas have caused serious power supply shortages in various parts of eastern Japan including Tokyo.

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