This day in history March 11, 2020-nuclear accident
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Started by metmike - March 11, 2020, 11:18 p.m.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_11


2011 – An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.

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By metmike - March 11, 2020, 11:21 p.m.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster


The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (福島第一原子力発電所事故, Fukushima Dai-ichi(About this soundpronunciation) genshiryoku hatsudensho jiko) was a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The disaster was the most severe nuclear accident since the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the only other disaster to be given the Level 7 event classification of the International Nuclear Event Scale.[8]