TY - CHAP
T1 - Introduction
T2 - Basic concepts regarding the Fukushima accident and radiation and radioactivity
AU - Nakajima, Teruyuki
AU - Ohara, Toshimasa
AU - Uematsu, Mitsuo
AU - Onda, Yuichi
AU - Ebihara, Mitsuru
AU - Shinohara, Atsushi
AU - Hamajima, Yasunori
AU - Igarashi, Yasuhito
AU - Aono, Tatsuo
AU - Aoyama, Michio
AU - Takigawa, Masayuki
AU - Saito, Kimiaki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Cambridge University Press 2019.
PY - 2019/8/16
Y1 - 2019/8/16
N2 - The accident of the Fukushima Daiichi (First) Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (hereafter, Fukushima accident) transpired after the Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake occurred in March 2011. Table 1.1 summarises the main events of the accident. After the earthquake occurred at 14:46 on 11 March 2011, tsunami waves of 13 m in height arrived at the FDNPS (TEPCO, 2011); the diesel power engine stopped at 15:41. Due to this electricity loss, the nuclear reaction became uncontrollable. The Fukushima Daini (Second) Power Station was able to make a controlled stop for cooling even after the intrusion of seawater from a tsunami wave with a height of 9 m. The estimated maximum height in the design of the Daiichi and Daini Power Stations was 5.1 m. In contrast, the estimated maximum tsunami height in the design of the Onagawa Nuclear Power Station of the Tohoku Electric Power Company, which avoided serious damage, was 14.8 m (Matsumoto, 2007).
AB - The accident of the Fukushima Daiichi (First) Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (hereafter, Fukushima accident) transpired after the Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake occurred in March 2011. Table 1.1 summarises the main events of the accident. After the earthquake occurred at 14:46 on 11 March 2011, tsunami waves of 13 m in height arrived at the FDNPS (TEPCO, 2011); the diesel power engine stopped at 15:41. Due to this electricity loss, the nuclear reaction became uncontrollable. The Fukushima Daini (Second) Power Station was able to make a controlled stop for cooling even after the intrusion of seawater from a tsunami wave with a height of 9 m. The estimated maximum height in the design of the Daiichi and Daini Power Stations was 5.1 m. In contrast, the estimated maximum tsunami height in the design of the Onagawa Nuclear Power Station of the Tohoku Electric Power Company, which avoided serious damage, was 14.8 m (Matsumoto, 2007).
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U2 - 10.1017/9781108574273.003
DO - 10.1017/9781108574273.003
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85098032676
SN - 9781108475808
SP - 5
EP - 49
BT - Environmental Contamination from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
PB - Cambridge University Press
ER -