Safety Evaluation Of Indian Nuclear Power Plants Post Fukushima Incident

Fukushima Event On 11th March 2011, Earthquake of magnitude 9.0 struck near Fukushima, Japan. It was followed by Tsunami of ~15 meter high waves after an hour of earthquake. ■ Magnitude of earthquake and tsunami wave height were more than considered in the design. There were total 13 NPPs located in the affected zone, out of which 10 were operating and 3 were under maintenance outage. All 10 operating plants at the affected area automatically shutdown on sensing the earthquake. Out of 13 NPPS in the affected zone, 4 NPPs at Fukushima Daiichi got affected. Remaining 9 plants were safe. All the 6 plants located in Fukushima Daiichi were of BWR type.

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