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The Fukushima 2011 Disaster
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The Fukushima 2011 Disaster

by Ronald Eisler
December 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
152 pages
4h 8m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from The Fukushima 2011 Disaster
CHAPTER 4
Fukushima Nuclear Reactor
4.1 Safety History
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex was central to a
falsifi ed-records scandal that led to the departure of a number of senior
executives of TEPCO as well as disclosures of previously unreported
problems at the plant (Wikipedia 2011c). In 2002, TEPCO admitted it had
falsifi ed safety records at the No. 1 reactor. Because of the scandal and
a fuel leak at Fukushima, the company shut down all of its 17 reactors.
A power board distributing electricity to a reactors’ temperature
control valves was not examined for 11 years and inspections did not
cover devices relating to cooling systems ...
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