Following the earthquake and tsunami on Friday 11 March 2011 operators lost control of reactors at the nuclear plants at Fukushima, Japan. This category holds sites pertinent to these incidents.
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- Timeline: Japan power plant explosion The BBC summarises developments at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
- Tokyo Electric Power Company Frequent updates on the status of the reactors.
- Battle to Stabilise Earthquake Reactors World Nuclear News reports on the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants.
- Efforts to Manage Fukushima Daiichi 3 Word Nuclear News summaries the operations to relieve pressure in the containment after the failure of a core coolant system.
- Fukushima Nuclear Accident – a simple and accurate explanation BraveNewClimate criticises other coverage of developments, and describe the defences in depth, which failed, and which held.
- IAEA: Fukushima Nuclear Accident Collection of articles including videos, with updates and news on the consequences of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami.