Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

1. Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant by Jesse, Lizzie, and Sebastian

2. Three Big Questions 1. What happened? 2. Are there still dangers? 3. What have we learned?

3. Fukushima is about 6,562 miles (10560 km) from Newton Distance

4. massive earthquake knocked out electricity back-up generators damaged by tsunami Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant before the disaster What happened? (Causes)

5. What happened? • in one reactor, cooling system failed • both backup systems failed and there was a meltdown

6. seawater had to be pumped cool the radioactive material explosions in other reactors followed What happened?

7. What happened?

8. Nuclear equations  The Fukushima plant used Uranium 235 235            0       235     U----->  E +      Np 92           -1      93 Used in similar reactors Plutonium 239 239             0       239     Pu----->  E +    Am 94-1

9. Japanese Government  originally evacuated a 20km zone additional areas to the northwest were later evacuated Response

10. Workers went near plant to clean waste Health effects, including death, from this Response

11. Radioactive Fallout • less released than Chernobyl, faster rate • still significant amount  • poses a danger • 400 billion neutrons where released

12. spread of radiation based on global wind currents radioactive isotopes also released into Pacific  Radioactive Fallout

13. Radioactive Fallout in the U.S. • Effects not reached East Coast • Fallout has been measured in California • No harmful levels

14. Health Effects From Fukushima

15. Health Effects From Fukushima Japanese Government will announce when citizens can return to their houses in early 2012.

16. Reporters notified via Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency  Fukushima in the News

17. countries reviewing safety measures some are phasing out nuclear power Government Response former Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaking about the disaster

18. solidify in glass sealed in stainless containers buried 300 meters Containing Nuclear Waste nuclear waste research facilities

19. Containing Nuclear Waste It will take 100,000 years for radiation in waste to decline to safe levels

20. 104 plants inspected Watts Bar: Could this happen in the US? • emergency responder training • control panels • communication equipment • backup generators Watts bar Plant in Spring City, Tennessee

21. more preparation in Japan for quakes, tsunamis, power failures better back-up safety systems What we've learned

22. Could "Fukushima" happen here? • Possible - controversial aspects, similar design • Lower chance of quake/tsunami

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