blog writing #the fukushima daichi reactor explosion

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Kuma, Japan had the Fukushima Daiichi reactor explosion in 2011 The incident's root cause was the 2011 Tohuku earthquake, which triggered a tsunami estimated to be 13-14 meter high (Ikehara, 2021). The explosion damaged the nuclear plant. The blast released various radioactive isotopes, people living near the plant were exposed in varying doses, radioactivity was released into the atmosphere, and multiple deaths occurred. Various radioactive isotopes with varying half-lives were released after the explosion. They included iodine-131, caesium-134, and cesium-137 with a half-life of; 8 days, 30 years, and two years respectively (Hashimoto, 2022).