Case# March 11 Get the Facts: The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Power Plants

What Can You Do to Assure Your Safety?

We, science communicators at Miraikan, are providing information concerned with the earthquake, the tsunami, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which helps you to understand the issues up front.

Starting with your questions

Science behind the scene

Recent Articles

2011.06.15 [Article] What is the evidence for a threshold dose of radiation?
2011.06.02 [Article] Is there a Tsunami flood area forecast map?
2011.05.30 [Article] Radioactive elements found in tap water
2011.05.12 [Article] Why is it so difficult to clearly and simply explain radiation risk?
2011.05.03 [Article] How to measure radioactive substances

Read here how Miraikan's Science Communicators address the issues of the earthquake disaster from science and technology perspectives.

Radioactive Substance Map（last update 2011.7.29）
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*Amount of Radiation
*Radioactive Iodine 131 in Tap Water

The Nuclear Accident
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*Events of the Fukushima Daiichi in a chart
*Timeline of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident

The Reactor and the Site
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*Schematic view of the Fukushima Daiichi 1-5 nuclear power plants
*Schematic view of a plant building and its vicinity

Courtesy of: Japan Geoscience Union, The Japan Radiation Research Society, Atomic Energy Society of Japan,
The Institute of Energy Economics Japan, International Rescue System Institute

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