A 50-foot wall of water spawned by the quake exploded over Daiichi's seawall, swamping backup diesel generators. Four of six nuclear reactors on site experienced a total blackout. Three of them melted down, spewing enormous amounts of radiation into the air and sea in what became the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. The Japanese government never considered abandoning Fukushima, as the Soviet Union did with Chernobyl. It made the unprecedented decision to clean up the contaminated ...
A 50-foot wall of water spawned by the quake exploded over Daiichi's seawall, swamping backup diesel generators. Four of six nuclear reactors on site experienced a total blackout. Three of them melted down, spewing enormous amounts of radiation into the air and sea in what became the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. The Japanese government never considered abandoning Fukushima, as the Soviet Union did with Chernobyl. It made the unprecedented decision to clean up the contaminated ...
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