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Fukushima Dai-ichi - Link

Boiling Water Reactor – Video Link

Nuclear Fuel

Nuclear Power is UniqueDecay Heat Does Not Go Away

• 1 second after scram = 6% of full power

• 1 minute after scram = 3% of full power

• 1 hour scram = 1.5% of full power• 1 day scram = 0.75% of full power• 1 week scram = 0.3% of full power

Spent Fuel Pool

Japan Nuclear Power Plants

Tsunami Friday, March 11, 2011

A magnitude 9.0 earthquake generated an estimated 45-foot tsunami at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Plant On-site Flooding

Plant Equipment Flooding

Plant Flooding Illustration

Technical Summary - Link

Accident Timeline

Unit 3 Hydrogen Explosion - Link

Japan Evacuation

Nuclear Accident Costs

• TEPCO estimates cleanup costs could run as high as $125 billion over the next 10 years.

• All but one of the Japanese nuclear plants are still shut down.

• Germany has decided to abandon nuclear power. Eight reactors in the country have so far been shuttered.

NBC Aftermath Video – Link

Plant Today - Link

Additional Information - Link