Abstract:<p>The coastal areas of three nuclear power plants (NPP) in the Tohoku region of Japan were impacted by the tsunami waves of the earthquake on 11 March 2011. The overtopping of the tsunami protective dikes of Fukushima Daiichi NPP and inundation of the NPP site was followed by the nuclear accident with a large scale environmental contamination. The site of the &#8220;sister&#8221; NPP Fukushima Daini at 10 km southward from Fukushima Daichi was also inundated by waters of similar … Show more
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