The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Then and Now,
The Chemical Engineer 25th February 2021 by Geoff Gill
“………..Decommissioning and contaminated water management
The work to decommission the plants, deal with contaminated water and solid waste, and remediate the affected areas is immense. A “Mid-and-Long Term Roadmap”2 was developed soon after the disaster to set out how this will be achieved. Also, to facilitate decommissioning units 1-6, and dealing with contaminated water, TEPCO announced, at the end of 2013 the establishment of an internal entity: the Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination & Decommissioning Engineering Company, which commenced operations in April 2014. The entire decommissioning process will take 30–40 years, and, as noted above, the volume of tasks is gigantic. Therefore, the Government of Japan and TEPCO have prioritised each task and set the goal to achieve them. Essentially, it is a continuous risk reduction activity to protect the people and the
Article by Geoff Gill
Geoff Gill reviews how the accident played out, and the huge engineering challenges involved in making the site safe
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HE 11 March 2021 will mark the tenth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in Japan. It was the worst nuclear accident at a nuclear power plant since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. It was caused by a huge tsunami following a massive earthquake. The earthquake and tsunami caused great loss of life and widespread devastation in Japan.
Almost 16,000 people were killed, and more than 6,000 were injured. A comprehensive analysis of the causes and consequences of the accident has been carried out by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).