Fukushima Daiichi (Zakee Heyward)

Part 1

Mar 11, 2011

An earthquake of magnitude 9.0 occurs at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and units 1, 2 and 3 to shut down automatically.

Part 2

Mar 12, 2011

The Back-up battery of the Power Plant supplies are destroyed. The ability to cool the reactors of units 1, 2 and 3 is not available at the time

Part 3

Mar 14, 2011

A hydrogen explosion occurs at unit 3 of the Power Plant

Cooling Failure

Mar 20, 2011

Cooling Systems begin to fail and have to use water to spray on the units to keep them going.

Cooling Event

Apr 2, 2011

Water is sprayed into the spent fuel pools at units 1 and 3 using a concrete pumping truck to keep them going

Another Earthquake

Apr 7, 2011

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake (aftershock) occurs by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. They say that this is the largest aftershock earthquack since the 9.0 earthquake.

Cooling Failure Part 2

May 10, 2011

Crews continue to cool the spent fuel pools at units 1, 2 and 4 by injecting water directly into the pools with electrical pumps and concrete pumping trucks.

Final Event

Jun 18, 2011

18 June -17 August 2011 the power plant starts to shut down and the Plant is destroyed