Nuclear reactor - Fukushima, Meltdown, Radiation: A failure of the main power line and a loss of backup power were at the heart of the second worst nuclear accident in the history of nuclear power generation (after Chernobyl)—a partial meltdown in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi ("Number One") plant in Japan. That facility, located on …
Intensive monitoring after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in Japan revealed radionuclide, including radiocaesium (137 Cs), contamination in the terrestrial...
In 2011 Japan suffered a triple catastrophe: an earthquake and a tsunami, followed by a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. As the lead UN agency for advice and assistance …
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was attacked by a huge tsunami caused by Tohoku Pacific Ocean earthquake on March 11 2011. ... Toshiba, and IRID developed a "Scorpion-shaped robot" to investigate conditions of the melted-down fuel debris and the Unit 2 Primary Containment Vessel (PCV) at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power …
The 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, released large amounts of radionuclides, including 10 PBq of relatively long-lived radiocaesium, into the atmosphere. This Review details the ...
Updated Monday, 29 April 2024. Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a …
Kimiko Koyama, 69, returns to her home in Tamura, Japan, on Tuesday for the first time since she and other residents were evacuated due to radiation risk from the 2011 accident at the Fukushima ...
March 11 marks the anniversary of Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor disaster. The Fukushima disaster highlighted two important themes for the future of preventing and preparing for nuclear power plant accidents: Natural disasters can test the limits of manmade protections of nuclear plants. Many effects of a radiation …
Facing an increasing drive to become energy self-reliant, nuclear power was anticipated to account for 41% of Japan's domestic supply by 2019, with many new plants under construction (or in the planning stages) as of March 2011 [13, 14].Home to some of the oldest reactors in Japan, the FDNPP consisted of six power-generating units, …
The international limit for radiation exposure for workers at a nuclear power plant is 20 millisieverts per year. Safecast has just revealed that it is working with Japan Post, the country's ...
This photo taken during a tour for The Associated Press shows a blue pipeline to transport seawater, part of the facility for the release of treated radioactive water to sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, also known as TEPCO, in Futaba town, northeastern Japan, Friday, …
The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake precipitated a triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear radiation disaster. To quantify the prevalence of burnout and psychiatric distress in local healthcare providers (caregivers) more than 2 years after the disaster, this study surveyed caregivers from affected areas through interviews about …
We offer advanced installation and other technological capabilities in the field of nuclear applications, including nuclear fusion facilities and heavy-ion radiotherapy systems. In addition, we offer engineering, …
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN — Toshiba Corp.'s energy systems unit on Friday unveiled a long telpic pipe carrying a pan-tilt camera designed to gather crucial information about the situation inside the...
Immediately after the earthquake, Toshiba Group formed a special task force at its headquarters in Tokyo and at its Isogo Nuclear Engineering Center in Yokohama, …
The Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan (NSC) issued the guideline for nuclear disaster countermeasures in June 1980, in which index values were provided as evaluation criteria to launch the discussion about whether the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters (NERHQ) needs to restrict food consumption.4 In the annual …
After the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent massive tsunami on 11 March 2011 in Japan, several reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered severe damage. There was immediate participation of U.S. Navy vessels and other United States Department of Defense (DoD) teams that wer …
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS), Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., and Iwatani …
The development of nuclear fusion technologies is promoted on a global scale as the ultimate energy. We started participating in domestic and international projects, such as 'JT-60', 'JT-60SA', and 'ITER', since the …
TOKYO - Toshiba Corporation (Tokyo: 6502) and the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID) have developed a submersible robot (an underwater ROV *), only 13cm in diameter, that is small enough and resilient enough to enter and inspect the damaged primary containment vessel (PCV) of Fukushima Daiichi …
5 of 7 | . FILE - This aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, northern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023, shortly after its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings TEPCO began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.
Toshiba Group received a certificate of appreciation from the Prime Minister of Japan for works carried out with subcontractors at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The works are "Reducing radiation doses on the reactor building's operating floor*1 of the Unit3 for the preparation of the removal of fuel from the spent fuel pool."
Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left parts of Fukushima prefecture uninhabitable on Monday with a minute of silence and memorial events, where officials pledged continued support for rebuilding.
The amount of radiation that thus far has traveled beyond the immediate area of Fukushima is infinitesimal; it doesn't pose a danger to residents outside the 18-mile radius of the shelter-in-place ...
Japan starts releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear disaster into Pacific 01:48. Tokyo - An extendable robot began a two-week mission Tuesday to retrieve the first sample of ...
In 2011 Japan suffered a triple catastrophe: an earthquake and a tsunami, followed by a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. As the lead UN agency for advice and assistance on public health, WHO shares the concerns of the affected populations in Japan and continues to monitor the health risk situation in …
In October 2012—the year after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima disaster—the US engineering giant Shaw Group, which held a 20% stake in Westinghouse, informed Toshiba that it ...
Radiation environmental situation in Japan, 10 years after the accident at the nuclear power plant "Fukushima-1" February 2022 Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies 1(10(115)):41-47
