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This survey showed that radioactive iodine was spread northwest and south of the plant. Soil samples were taken at 2,200 locations, mostly in Fukushima Prefecture, in June and July, and with this a map was created of the radioactive contamination as of 14 June. Because of the short half-life of 8 days only 400 locations were still positive.
For this a supplementary budget of 1 billion yen for the year 2011 was made available. Canned fish products produced in the prefectures Aomori, Iwate, Ibaraki and Chiba, certified and controlled for radioactive contamination – would be sent to Cambodia and developing countries, to be used to feed schoolchildren.
The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan which began on 11 March 2011. The proximate cause of the accident was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , which resulted in electrical grid failure and damaged nearly all of the power plant's backup energy ...
Fukushima nuclear accident casualties. Satellite image on 16 March 2011 of the four damaged reactor buildings. Date. 11 March 2011. (2011-03-11) Location. Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan. Coordinates. 37°25′17″N 141°1′57″E / 37.42139°N 141.03250°E / 37.42139; 141.03250.
A 2011 poll suggests that scepticism over nuclear power is growing in Sweden following Japan's nuclear crisis. 36 percent of respondents want to phase-out nuclear power, up from 15 percent in a similar survey two years ago. [107] Switzerland. Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster "has entirely changed the energy debate in Switzerland".
Radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan began being discharged into the Pacific Ocean on 11 March 2011, following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster triggered by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Three of the plant's reactors experienced meltdowns, leaving behind melted fuel debris.
August 10, 1985 – Soviet submarine K-431 accident. Ten fatalities and 49 other people suffered radiation injuries. [16] April 26, 1986 – Chernobyl disaster. See below in the section on Ukraine. In 1986, the Ukrainian SSR was part of the Soviet Union. 1 November 2006 – assassination of Alexander Litvinenko by exposure to Polonium-210.
The plant with seven units is the largest single nuclear power station in the world, which now again is shut down due to the Fukushima accident. [47] 0: 1 Dec 2009: Hamaoka, Japan: Leakage accident of radioactive water. 34 workers were exposed to radiation: 0: Mar 2011: Fukushima Dai-ichi, Japan: The world's second INES 7 accident.