March 11th, 2011
15 years since
Tohoku Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Disaster
15,894 deaths6,152 injured340,000 displaced$305.0B damage (2024 USD)
15 years ago today, in Japan, tohoku Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Disaster.
Magnitude 9.1 earthquake, tsunami, and triple-meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi; influenced U.S. NRC post-Fukushima reactor safety actions and spent-fuel resilience.
Source: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami · Wikipedia.
What it caused
- Federal Radiological Emergency Response Planinfluenced
- Three Mile Islandrelated to
- Sandy-Era Disaster Recovery Reforminfluenced
What led to it
- Chernobyl USSR Radiation Releaseinfluenced