The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident Final Report of the AESJ Investigation Committee.

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Nuclear engineering.; Water pollution.; Nuclear Engineering.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.

The Magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, followed by a massive tsunami struck  TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and triggered an unprecedented core melt/severe accident in Units 1 – 3. The radioactivity release led to the evacuation of local residents, many of wh...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Overview of Nuclear Power Station
• Overview of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• Overview of Events Occurring at Power Stations Other than the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• Off Site Response
• Accident Analysis and Issues on Nuclear Safety System
• Root Causes of the Accident and Recommendations
• Post-Accident Management in Progress.