Melting Down from tsunami in china now Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 73 sec
✓ Published: 03-Jun-2011

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On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a fifty-foot tsunami off the coast of northeastern Japan. The tsunami destroyed much of the northeastern coastline of Japan and instantly overwhelmed the protective seawall meant to protect the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The plant’s electrical grid was destroyed—effectively resulting in the failure of the nuclear plant’s primary electrical systems and backup generators. The loss of the cooling system led to a series of mas