(The plant's cooling system by that time was unusable, and without it, reactors and fuel pools can overheat and cause meltdowns).
A powerful earthquake and tsunami knocked out the Fukushima complex's cooling systems in March 2011, causing meltdowns at three reactors.
Like a godfather, Wasserman, with his disapproval, caused meltdowns in those who offended or, worse, betrayed him.
Three of the reactors quickly overheated, causing meltdowns that eventually led to explosions, which hurled large amounts of radioactive material into the air.
Almost $37 billion of Tepco's market value has been erased since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami knocked out the Fukushima Daiichi plant, causing meltdowns in three reactors.
Last Friday, an unidentified worker at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, in Japan, was killed in a mudslide, the first accidental fatality in the ongoing effort to decommission the plant after a tsunami caused meltdowns and explosions there in 2011.
But the rural idyll was shattered on the afternoon of 11 March 2011, when the facility was hit by a towering tsunami that caused meltdowns in three of its reactors.
The outlook "may overstate nuclear power's future role" because it does not account for the reaction to the March disaster in Japan caused by an earthquake and a tsunami that caused meltdowns and radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Mr. Gruenspecht said.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Last Friday, an unidentified worker at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, in Japan, was killed in a mudslide, the first accidental fatality in the ongoing effort to decommission the plant after a tsunami caused meltdowns and explosions there in 2011.
Credit View full screen Last Friday, an unidentified worker at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, in Japan, was killed in a mudslide, the first accidental fatality in the ongoing effort to decommission the plant after a tsunami caused meltdowns and explosions there in 2011.
