Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Research Paper

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Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Was Preventable OU Yanghui, Roche
Introduction
On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by a huge earthquake measuring 9.0. The epicenter was only about 180 kilometers off the coast of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. According to United States Geological Survey, this was the largest earthquake ever happened in Japan, and fourth largest worldwide.
The reactors were immediately shut down after the quake, but they still required cooling. All off-site power sources to the plant was destroyed by the earthquake, so the emergency diesel generators (EDGs) automatically started and provided AC power to emergency systems. However, forty-one minutes later, a series of tsunamis overwhelmed the site, flooding some of the EDGs and disabling the cooling system in unit 1 completely [1], which then caused core damage.
The series of natural disasters caused massive damage to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and eventually led to nuclear melt down. Large amount of radioactivity was released into the environment, more than thirty two hundred thousand residents were evacuated from the plants [2], and the cleanup process would cost billions of dollars and several decades to complete. The accident has put the spotlight on safety issues of nuclear energy. Many critics …show more content…
These plans basically included constructing a higher seawall, increasing the elevation of the plant, building more emergency diesel generators and moving them to higher ground. However, before the accident, the will to make such changes were simply not there. When these power companies were constructing nuclear power plants, they did not hold paramount the safety of the public and failed to take the best measures they could to ensure public safety. Therefore when the disaster struck, huge loss was caused due to their lack of safety
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