2011 Fukushima Daiichi Disaster & On-going Cleanup Efforts

New!  Removal of fuel in pool at Fukushima’s melted reactor begins        (Mari YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press; April 14, 2019)

https://apnews.com/77f2b7cb9eb949c9bb53fdab2571b5f6

 

Eight years on, water woes threaten Fukushima cleanup                     (Kiyoshi TAKENAKA, Reuters; March 7, 2019)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-nuclear-water/eight-years-on-water-woes-threaten-fukushima-cleanup-idUSKCN1QP0MA

Selected Research Publications:

Spatial patterns of plutonium and radiocaesium contamination released during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster                              (DUNNE et al., 2018)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-34302-0

Spatial variations of tritium concentrations in groundwater in the southern coastal regions of Fukushima, Japan, after the nuclear accident  (KASHIWAYA et al., 2017)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12840-3

Analysis of Japanese Radionuclide Monitoring Data of Food Before and After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident  (MERTZ et al., 2015)

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es5057648

Infographic:

How Japan’s 2011 Earthquake Happened                                                            (Karl TATE, LiveScience; March 10, 2013)

Source:LiveScience

 

Video:

2011 Tsunami Fukushima Japan Disaster (I AM, December 26, 2018)

Website:

Fukushima Daiichi Accident  (World Nuclear Association)

http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/fukushima-accident.aspx