A Study of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident Process What caused the core melt and hydrogen explosion? /

• Main Author: Ishikawa, Michio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Energy.; Nuclear energy.; Natural disasters.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Nuclear Energy.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

Written by an expert in the field, this book is perfect for those who would like to know what happened at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Part 1 of the book studies how core melts occurred in Fukushima Daiichi units 1, 2, and 3, respectively, based on evidence from the Three-Mile Island c...

Table of Contents:

• Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident
• Fukushima Daiichi units 1,2 and 3 accidents
• Fukushima Daiichi unit 4 accident
• Radioactive release and resident evacuation
• Tsunami and loss of total electricity
• Reconstruction of nuclear safety
• Road to decommissioning
• Conclusion of the study
• Advices on the basis of the study.