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Fukushima Power Plant
The power plant was beginning to be built -
Reactors Use
Reactors at the power plant began operating -
Chernobyl Disaster
Fukushima amounts to 42% of the amount of radioactive isotope thought to have been released in Chernobyl Disaster -
Tsunami
15 foot tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of Fukushima Daiichi reactors causing a nuclear accident -
Eathquake
Earthquake hit coast of Japan causing a tsunami to occur -
Growing Crisis
Workers struggled to restore power and control situation at the plant-fires, explosions, and releases of radioactivity interfered with efforts to restore power -
Result
Japanese authorities termed the accident at Fukushima a level five incident -
Concern for Health
Authorities warned that tap water and adjacent prefectures had shown levels of iodine 131 -
Deaths from Disaster
Six Fukushima workers died since tsunami, 573 deaths were certified as disaster related -
Event Spreads to News
A task to prevent release of radioactive materials, spread to news and public
