Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station

The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations wrote an interesting addendum to their INPO 11-005, Special Report on the Nuclear Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. They go on to discuss some of the lessons learned from the black swan event. Many of the lessons learned are heavily related to nuclear-specific design and operational issues however, here are some that have more universal application and again are themes that we shall see throughout this book (INPO, 2012) ... 

INPO. 2012, August. Lessons learned from the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, INPO 11-005 Addendum, Revision 0. Atlanta, GA Institute of Nuclear Power Operators, http //www.wano.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/11-005-Fukushima-Addendum2.pdf, downloaded March 28, 2014. 

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station consists of six Boiling Water Reactors (B WRs) designed by General Electric (GE), built by GE, Toshiba and Hitachi, and aU operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The six Fukushima Daiichi reactors were Mark One GE BWRs, which began generating electricity in 1970,... 

Press reports have actually suggested that TEPCO knew by the time of the accident that the design basis tsunami was insufficient. The Japan Tunes for July 3, 2011 reported that TEPCO was aware as early as 2008 that a 10-m-plus tsunami could hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, and that the results of new analysis work had been reported for the first time to the safety regulator (the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency or NISA) on March 7 - only four days before the tsunami occurred. 

Review of accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Incxjiporated s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station and proposed countermeasures (Draft), Japan Nuclear Technology Institute (JANTI), October 2011. 

Special report on the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, INFO, November 2011. 

After some research on the Internet, suggest three radionuclide pollutants released by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami damage to Japan s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and why each poses a health concern. 

As of 2012, one of the greater land cleanups ever undertaken was that associated with the release of radioactivity from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which was the consequence of the March 11,2011, earthquake off the coast of Honshu, Japan, and the resulting tsunami that destroyed... 

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), Special Report on the Nuclear Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, INPO 11-005, November 2011. 

In the spring of 1967, before any constraction activity had started, a steep cliff face was present at the site of the future Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. This cliff was a significant geographical feature of the site, and rose to an elevation of about 35 m O.P. (0. P. is Japanese for Onahama Peil, above the average sea level (Rhodes, 1986)). After a detailed cost-benefits analysis, TEPCO, the plants future operators, decided that the cliff should be removed before the plant was constructed. Thus, they hired the Ebasco Architect/Engineering firm to remove many thousands of cubic yards of soil from the cliff extending over 100 yards inland (Dawson, 2011). 

TEPCo, 2013. Regarding the Decommissioning of Units 5 and 6 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Tokyo TEPCo. 

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