What can be learned from the accident of Fukushima DaiichiВ to make nuclear facilities more robust and able to withstand extreme events and to improve post-accident management? In a new report,В IRSN'sВ experts share their insights regarding this challenging and complex subject.вЂ‹вЂ‹ In this special edition of RepГЁres, we review the situation.Дownload our newsmagazine 'Fukushima Special Issue' (PDF file)Д¬onsult our online magazine 'Fukushima Special Issue'ДЄnticipation and resilience: considerations a decade after the Fukushima Daiichi accident We must do everything within our power to prevent accidents, even though there are no guarantees that they will not occur. This accident, like those before it, has led IRSN to conduct extensive research and take action to enhance safety at nuclear facilities and radiological protection of people and the environment. Ten years have passed since the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. This page gives access to special contents produced by IRSN following the accident. It also showed how the massive destruction of a site and of the surrounding infrastructures could delay and complicate all accident management operations.

вЂ‹вЂ‹вЂ‹вЂ‹вЂ‹вЂ‹вЂ‹The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in March 2011 was the first occurrence showing that an extreme natural event, that generated stress levels far beyond nuclear power plant design-basis values, could lead to a core meltdown accident.

Fukufhima reactor meltdown