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At the same time, we consider natural gas to be, at the very least, an important transition fuel, especially in those regions where it is considered secure". [180] In September 2011, Mycle Schneider said that the Fukushima disaster can be understood as a unique chance "to get it right" on energy policy. "Germany – with its nuclear phase-out ...
Japan planned "to build as many as 80 floating wind turbines off Fukushima by 2020." [204] A 2 MW floating wind turbine 20 km from shore began operating in 2013, [205] [206] with a 32% capacity factor and a floating transformer. Two larger turbines of 5 and 7 MW have been unsuccessful. [207]
Human Security and Japan's Triple Disaster: Responding to the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear crisis (2014) Dreiling, Michael. "An Energy Industrial Complex in Post-Fukushima Japan: A Network Analysis of the Nuclear Power Industry, the State and the Media." XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology (13–19 July 2014). Isaconf, 2014.
About 20,000 of more than 160,000 evacuated residents across Fukushima still haven't returned home. Decontamination work before the Tokyo Olympics meant to showcase Fukushima’s recovery led to the elimination of some no-go zones, but they remain in seven of 12 towns that had been fully or partially off-limits.
Japan on Monday marked 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts. Nearly 20,000 people died, whole towns were wiped out and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...
Although there was no change in the afternoon, TEPCO said that radiation levels did not change, and the reactor was still cooled. [61] According to TEPCO rain could have found its way to the primary containment of the reactor, and because this vessel was still hot, it could cause the steam. [62] The next day at 7:55 a.m. the steam was gone.
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At the time of the quake, Unit 4 had been de-fueled while 5 and 6 were in cold shutdown for planned maintenance. [4] Unit 2 was operating at the time of the earthquake and experienced the same controlled initial shutdown as the other units. [5] As with unit 1, the reactor scrammed following the earthquake.