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| Description: March 11, 2011, a megathrust earthquake of magnitude 9.0 struck off the coast of Tōhoku, Japan It generated a massive tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people and inundated the Fukushima Daiichi power plant Nuclear reactors shut down automatically but fission continues in the reactor cores Backup generators failed due to the flooding Subsequent overheating set off fires, explosions, and core meltdowns – released radioactive materials Picture Stats: Views: 230 Filesize: 80.38kB Height: 972 Width: 490 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=36027 |