Short Note on Fukushima Disaster

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The Fukushima disaster is considered as second biggest disaster in history after Chernobyl Disaster. The Fukushima disaster occurred in March 2011 in one of the islands in Japan. The accident was rated 7 by INES scale due to high radioactive release for 5-6 days. Four nuclear reactors were damaged in the incident leading to radiation fallout in the region.

The accident mainly happened due to a major earthquake followed by 15 m high Tsunami causing damage to the reactors. There were no reports of death due to radiation sickness but more than hundred thousand people were evacuated from the area as precaution. The radiation mainly consisted of Iodine-131, Caesium-134, Caesium-137, strontium-90, and Plutonium-238.

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