Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is a coastal Japanese nuclear power station in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, widely known as the site of the 2011 reactor meltdowns following a massive earthquake and tsunami.

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instanceOf electric power station
nuclear power plant
accident Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
accidentCause 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
surface form: Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
accidentDate 2011-03-11
accidentSeverity INES Level 7
adjacentFacility Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant
constructionStart 1967
coolingSource Pacific Ocean
country Japan
decommissioningStart 2011
designedBy General Electric
evacuationZoneRadius_km 20
gridConnectionDate 1971
hydrogenExplosionsOccurredIn Unit 1 reactor building
Unit 3 reactor building
Unit 4 reactor building
locatedIn Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture
Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture
locatedOn Pacific Ocean coast
east coast of Honshu
maximumElectricalCapacity_MWe 4560
nearbyCity Fukushima City
Iwaki
notableFeature site of one of the worst nuclear accidents in history
subject of large-scale radioactive contamination and cleanup
numberOfReactorsBuilt 6
operator Tokyo Electric Power Company
surface form: TEPCO

Tokyo Electric Power Company
ownedBy Tokyo Electric Power Company
surface form: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
owner Tokyo Electric Power Company
plannedDecommissioningDuration_years 30–40
previousRegulator Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
primaryFuel uranium dioxide
reactor1NetCapacity_MWe 460
reactor1StatusDuringAccident core meltdown
reactor2NetCapacity_MWe 784
reactor2StatusDuringAccident core meltdown
reactor3NetCapacity_MWe 784
reactor3StatusDuringAccident core meltdown
reactor4NetCapacity_MWe 784
reactor4StatusDuringAccident hydrogen explosion and spent fuel pool damage concerns
reactor5NetCapacity_MWe 784
reactor6NetCapacity_MWe 1100
reactorModel GE Mark I
reactorSupplier General Electric
Hitachi
Toshiba
reactorType boiling water reactor
regulatoryAuthority Nuclear Regulation Authority (Japan)
surface form: Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan
status partially decommissioning
permanently shut down for power generation

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster location Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster affectedReactor Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
this entity surface form: Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1
Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture hostsFacility Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture hostsFacility Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company operates Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 partOf Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 partOf Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 partOf Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Fukushima Prefecture contains Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant