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The report also found that the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant was incapable of withstanding the earthquake and tsunami. The radiation effects from the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster are the observed and predicted effects resulting from the release of radioactive isotopes from the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant after the 2011 tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Japan triggered a massive tsunami which eventually caused a nuclear power plant outbreak. The fukushima nuclear disaster is a series of ongoing equipment failures, reactor meltdowns, and releases of radioactive materials at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, following the tohoku earthquake and tsunami on march 11, 2011. However, these measures are not enough to completely moderate the harmful effects of a nuclear disaster. Fukushima nuclear disaster explained the scientific student. This chapter is a technical report that exposes some basic concepts about nuclear physics, gives a concise chronology of the events at the fukushima nuclear disaster, and analyzes a large database of dose measurements with a code specifically designed for it.
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Nations scientific committee on the effects of atomic radiation, the world association of nuclear. On march 11, 2011, an earthquake large enough to knock the earth from its axis sent a massive tsunami speeding toward the japanese coast and the aging and vulnerable fukushima daiichi nuclear power reactors. It has triggered a closer examination of specific site locations and designs associated with those sites. Crs report r41751, effects of radiation from fukushima daiichi on the u. Effects of the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster science technology society feb 27, 2012 on september 1112, 2011, six months after the tohoku earthquake, an. The collapse of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant caused a massive release of radioactive materials to the environment. We found that a high proportion of mothers who were pregnant at the time of the fukushima nuclear disaster exhibited depressive symptoms. The fukushima daiichi accident technical volume 1 publications. Mental health consequences and social issues after the. Pdf it is now over three years after the march 11 2011, 9. The radiation effects from the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster are the observed and predicted effects as a result of the release of radioactive isotopes from the fukushima daiichii nuclear power plant following the 2011 tohoku 9.
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