Fukushima: The Nuclear Crisis That Shook the World

The 2011 Tohoku earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan .

The magnitude 9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake was not the only disaster that struck the northeastern coast of Hanshu Island that day .

The temperature of the reactors increased and eventually caused explosions in four reactors.

The amount of radiation released into the atmosphere made the Fukushima power plant disaster the second most infamous nuclear incident in the world.

The Fukushima nuclear disaster was the worst nuclear disaster in the history of the world.

Unlike Chernobyl , 154,000 people were evacuated from the Fukushima nuclear plant in March 2011 .

Most radioactivity was emitted from reactor 2 , with a meltdown of nuclear fuel and an explosion in the primary containment.

Independent investigation Commission set up by the national Parliament determined that the plant power, Tokyo Electric Power Company , TEPCO, had failed to meet the safety requirements in case of natural disasters.

The company management was accused of negligence to maintain the myth of absolute safety of nuclear power.

The government failed to force the nuclear power plants to implement adequate safety measures.