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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299678503321

Titolo

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident : Final Report of the AESJ Investigation Committee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

4-431-55160-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (566 p.)

Disciplina

363.7394

363.73946

620

621.48

Soggetti

Nuclear energy

Water - Pollution

Quality control

Reliability

Industrial safety

Nuclear Energy

Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution

Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk

Japan Fukushima-ken

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Overview of Nuclear Power Station -- Overview of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station -- Overview of Events Occurring at Power Stations Other than the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station -- Off Site Response -- Accident Analysis and Issues on Nuclear Safety System -- Root Causes of the Accident and Recommendations -- Post-Accident Management in Progress.

Sommario/riassunto

The Magnitude 9 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, followed by a massive tsunami struck  TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and triggered an unprecedented core melt/severe accident in Units 1 – 3. The radioactivity release led to the



evacuation of local residents, many of whom still have not been able to return to their homes. As a group of nuclear experts, the Atomic Energy Society of Japan established the Investigation Committee on the Nuclear Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, to investigate and analyze the accident from scientific and technical perspectives for clarifying the underlying and fundamental causes, and to make recommendations. The results of the investigation by the AESJ Investigation Committee has been compiled herewith as the Final Report. Direct contributing factors of the catastrophic nuclear incident at Fukushima Daiichi NPP initiated by an unprecedented massive earthquake/ tsunami – inadequacies in tsunami measures, severe accident management, emergency response, accident recovery and mitigations – and the underlying factors - organizational issues, etc., have been clarified and  recommendations in the following areas have been made. - Nuclear safety fundamentals - Direct factors of the accident - Organizational aspects - Common items (R&D, International cooperation, human resources management) - Post-accident management/recovery from the accident     .