People stock up on groceries and supplies in Tokyo, about 250 km away, amid radiation fears. March 12: TEPCO begins injecting seawater to cool the reactors’ fuel rods. Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a massive amount of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. More than 160,000 people are eventually evacuated. The evacuation zone is expanded in stages to a 20 km radius over the next two days. Government declares a nuclear emergency and tells residents within a 3 km radius of the plant to evacuate. The waves hit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, flooding three. Two months later, TEPCO confirms meltdowns occurred. North-eastern Japan was rocked by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake on 11 March 2011, which then triggered a giant tsunami. The tsunami swamps backup power and cooling systems at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, eventually causing meltdowns at three of six reactors. The earthquake triggered a powerful tsunami, with 13- to 14-meter-high waves. The proximate cause of the disaster was the Thoku earthquake and tsunami, which remains the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan. March 11, 2011: A 9.0 magnitude quake hits off the coast of northeast Japan, triggering a tsunami that devastates towns and villages. On 11 March 2011, a nuclear accident occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in kuma, Fukushima, Japan. Here is a brief timeline of events after the 9.0 magnitude quake, the biggest recorded in Japan’s history: Mandatory credit KYODO/Via REUTERS/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Houses are swept by water following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011, in this photo taken by Kyodo. AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE and tsunami set off the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in March 2011, the business of splitting atoms and.

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