![]() This article discusses inconsistencies in disaster planning and nomenclature existing in the studied materials and international guidance and proposes new opportunity for developing predisaster risk assessment, risk communication, and prevention capacity building. Inside Japans Nuclear Meltdown (full documentary) FRONTLINE FRONTLINE PBS Official 2.04M subscribers 3.3M views 1 year ago Documentary InsideJapansNuclearMeltdown A devastating. On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant experienced a triple meltdown resulting from a tsunami, constituting the worst nuclear power plant. Tokyo now plans to extend the life of its nuclear plants and is considering new smaller, safer reactors. The examination of the literature resulted in the following: a) the authors’ “All-Hazards Planning Reference Model” that distinguishes three planning categories-Disaster Trigger Event, Man-Made Hazards, and Vulnerability Factors b) the generalization of their model to other countries and c) advocacy for environmental health end fate to be considered in planning phases to minimize risk to environmental health. The 2011 Fukushima disaster helped seal the fate of nuclear power in Japan, or so it seemed. The 9.0-magnitude quake was so forceful it shifted the. The ongoing situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant was the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl, but lessons learned from that April 1986 disaster. The authors performed a literature review that included Japanese and international nuclear guidance and policy, scientific papers, and reports on the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island disasters while also considering all-hazards preparedness rubrics in the U.S. Ten years ago, on a Friday afternoon in March, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck off the country's eastern coast. The objective of this article was to examine the environmental health implications of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster from an all-hazards perspective.
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