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Exactly eleven years ago, at 2:46 PM on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster occurred in Japan. The accident was caused by a magnitude 9 earthquake and the subsequent tsunami, whose waves reached 13 meters in the area of the plant. An earthquake of such a high magnitude had never been recorded in Japan and although the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant was designed to withstand earthquakes and tsunamis, the disaster could not be avoided. On the occasion of the anniversary, we reconstruct the dynamics of what happened in Fukushima, explain the causes of the nuclear accident and the substantial differences with the Chernobyl disaster. 00:00 The nuclear accident at the Fukushima power plant in Japan 00:50 The earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 01:43 The causes and reconstruction of the dynamics of the disaster 02:38 The Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant was hit by a tsunami caused by the earthquake 03:00 The waves, approximately 13 meters high, allowed the water to disable the cooling system 04:21 Why was it not possible to avoid the disaster? 05:26 The Tokyo court's decision 06:09 Chernobyl and Fukushima compared: two very different disasters 07:37 The dispersion of radionuclides 08:20 The issue of Fukushima water 08:45 The Japanese government's plan to pour it into the ocean RECOMMENDED VIDEOS: -Fukushima water: • Fukushima water - so much misinfor... -The Chernobyl nuclear disaster: • Chernobyl 35 years later: how the dis... Some of our in-depth articles: -https://www.geopop.it/il-disastro-nuc... -https://www.geopop.it/chernobyl-e-fuk... #fukushima #nucleare #geopop