A powerful explosion has hit a nuclear power station in north-eastern Japan which was badly damaged in Fridays devastating earthquake and tsunami. Fukushima accident disaster that occurred in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi Number One nuclear power plant on the Pacific coast of northern Japan which was caused by a severe earthquake and powerful series of tsunami waves and was the second worst nuclear power accident in history.

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Please try to keep your comments respectful. A powerful explosion has hit a nuclear power station in north-eastern Japan which was badly damaged in Fridays devastating earthquake and tsunami. Pictures show a blast at the Fukushima plant and reports say several workers were injured.

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Nuclear power energy was a national strategic priority in Japan. It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history both in terms of cost and casualties and is one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seventhe maximum severityon the International Nuclear Event Scale the other being the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan. Japanese nuclear plant hit by explosion and oil spill Limited damage but no further radiation leaks at Fukushima Daiichi facility crippled by earthquake and.

Thousands of people have died. A fresh explosion rocked a damaged Japanese nuclear power plant on Tuesday where engineers have been pumping sea water into a reactor to prevent a. An explosion has blown the roof off a nuclear power plant 150 miles north of Tokyo - injuring several workers and raising fears of a disastrous meltdown.

A damaged nuclear power plant in northern Japan was rocked by a massive explosion. A massive explosion has struck a Japanese nuclear power plant after Fridays earthquake. Prior to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Japan had generated 30 of its electrical power from nuclear reactors and planned to increase that share to 40.