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Fukushima Daiichi was a catastrophic failure at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant
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The failure occurred when the plant was hit by the tsunami triggered by the Tōhoku earthquake.
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it was the largest nuclear incident since the Chernobyl disaster
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As workers struggled to supply power to the reactors' coolant systems and control rooms, multiple hydrogen-air chemical explosions occurred.
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TEPCO admitted for the first time that it had failed to take stronger measures to prevent disasters for fear of inviting lawsuits or protests against its nuclear plants
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it was revealed that the plant is leaking radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.
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in a further incident, it was announced that 300 metric tons of heavily radioisotope-contaminated water had leaked from a storage tank.
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the government took charge of emergency measures to prevent further radioactive water leaks.
