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Fukushima Dai-ichi - Link
Nuclear Fuel
Nuclear Power is UniqueDecay Heat Does Not Go Away
• 1 second after scram = 6% of full power
• 1 minute after scram = 3% of full power
• 1 hour scram = 1.5% of full power• 1 day scram = 0.75% of full power• 1 week scram = 0.3% of full power
Spent Fuel Pool
Japan Nuclear Power Plants
Tsunami Friday, March 11, 2011
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake generated an estimated 45-foot tsunami at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Plant On-site Flooding
Plant Equipment Flooding
Plant Flooding Illustration
Technical Summary - Link
Accident Timeline
Japan Evacuation
Nuclear Accident Costs
• TEPCO estimates cleanup costs could run as high as $125 billion over the next 10 years.
• All but one of the Japanese nuclear plants are still shut down.
• Germany has decided to abandon nuclear power. Eight reactors in the country have so far been shuttered.
Additional Information - Link