Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster In Japan 2011. However some radiation areas could take decades to cleanup. On march 11 2011 eastern japan was struck by a magnitude 9 0 earthquake and an enormous tsunami over 13 m in height which together killed over 20 500 people and resulted in the evacuation of over 320 000 people from the devastated areas.
After the great east japan earthquake and resulting tsunami on march 11 2011 serious accident of the fukushima dai ichi nuclear power plant has been occurred. Many of those affected in. Japan s fukushima region transformed from rural haven to ravaged wasteland when the earthquake and tsunami struck in march 2011.
On march 11 2011 eastern japan was struck by a magnitude 9 0 earthquake and an enormous tsunami over 13 m in height which together killed over 20 500 people and resulted in the evacuation of over 320 000 people from the devastated areas.
This paper describes the damage sustained by the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant during this unpredicted major natural disaster and the events that. The earthquake and tsunami triggered the worst nuclear accident since chernobyl. The rest of japan has not after the nuclear catastrophe the nation s investment in renewable energy soared. Japan s fukushima region transformed from rural haven to ravaged wasteland when the earthquake and tsunami struck in march 2011.