 Satellite image on 16 March 2011 of the four damaged reactor buildings | |
| Date | 11 March 2011 |
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| Location | Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan |
| Coordinates | 37°25′17″N 141°1′57″E / 37.42139°N 141.03250°E |
| Outcome | INES Level 7 (ratings by Japanese authorities as of 11 April)[1][2] |
| Non-fatal injuries | 37 with physical injuries,[3] 2 workers taken to hospital with possible radiation burns[4] |
  Location in Japan | |
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 24 hours live camera for Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster on YouTube, certified by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc. |
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (福島第一原子力発電所事故, Fukushima Dai-ichi () genshiryoku hatsudensho jiko) was 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.[5][6] It is the largest nuclear disaster since the Chernobyl disaster of 1986.[7]
- ^ Negishi, Mayumi (12 April 2011). "Japan raises nuclear crisis severity to highest level". Reuters.
- ^ "Fukushima accident upgraded to severity level 7". IEEE Spectrum. 12 April 2011.
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- ^ "Japan's unfolding disaster 'bigger than Chernobyl'". The New Zealand Herald. 2 April 2011. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "Explainer: What went wrong in Japan's nuclear reactors". IEEE Spectrum. 4 April 2011.
- ^ "Analysis: A month on, Japan nuclear crisis still scarring" Archived 14 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine International Business Times (Australia). 9 April 2011, retrieved 12 April 2011; excerpt, According to James Acton, associate of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "Fukushima is not the worst nuclear accident ever but it is the most complicated and the most dramatic ... This was a crisis that played out in real time on TV. Chernobyl did not."
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