ISIS Coverage of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

ISIS technical reports, analysis and satellite imagery illustrating the events and consequences of the March 11, 2011 magnitude 9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the north of Japan severely damaging the four reactor units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. In addition to the physical damage to the reactor buildings, the plant also lost all power and ability to cool the reactor cores and spent fuel ponds resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in history since Chernobyl.

Characterizing the Crisis at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station David Albright and Christina Walrond April 1, 2011 Fukushima Crisis: Unmonitored Releases Preliminary Assessment of Accident Sequences and Potential Atmospheric Radiation Releases David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond March 31, 2011 New March 18 Satellite Image of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site in Japan March 18, 2011 New Satellite Image of Fukushima Nuclear Site From March 17, 2011 March 17, 2011 New Satellite Image of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site in Japan From March 16, 2011 March 16, 2011 ISIS Statement on Events at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site in Japan March 15, 2011 Satellite Image Shows Damage to Reactor Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Complex After Explosions March 14, 2011

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