..., or dynamically over time—can be more fully explained by going beyond techno-economic conceptualizations of risk through consideration of socio-cultural issues. From a perceptual perspective, even before the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdowns Japanese citizens seemed ambivalent about nuclear power...

... of physical and chemical processes, it may show evidence for rapid re-equilibration that is generally considered to reflect interaction with hydrous fluids. Here, we show that zircon grains that crystallized from melt produced during the catastrophic meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exhibit re...

...D. R. Ferreira; G. D. Phillips; B. Baruah Abstract Radiocesium was deposited on the soils of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan after the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011. The radiocesium bound to 2:1 clay minerals, such as vermiculite, common in the soil of that region...

...Rodney C. Ewing; Takashi Murakami Abstract This thematic issue of Elements describes the events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011, and the aftermath. © 2012 by the Mineralogical Society of America 2012 Tohoku earthquake tsunami nuclear power plant meltdown...

... the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident. The accident resulted in a substantial release of radionuclides, including 131 I, 134 Cs, and 137 Cs, into the atmosphere, causing significant environmental contamination. This was a particular issue in many parts of eastern Japan, especially...

...Bernd Grambow; Christophe Poinssot Abstract Used nuclear fuel is a redox-sensitive semiconductor consisting of uranium dioxide containing a few percent of fission products and up to about one percent transuranium elements, mainly plutonium. The rapid increase in temperature in the cores...

... for nuclear power plants corresponded to an average annual probability of about 10 -6 per reactor of severe meltdown with large release of radioactivity. Nuclear siting was not supposed to contribute in any way to this level of risk. This meant that the probability of serious earthquake-induced core meltdown...

... broader societal importance because they form due to the alteration of spent nuclear fuel in laboratory studies intended to simulate conditions in a geologic repository for nuclear waste ( Wronkiewicz et al., 1992 , 1996 ), on radioactive so-called lava (a nuclear reactor meltdown product) produced...

.... They are inherently safe, because they have a negative temperature coefficient of reactivity, meaning that as the temperature of the core increases, the reactivity rapidly decreases, making a meltdown impossible. The neutron flux is, with a thermal neutron flux of 3.7 x 10 11 neutrons/second/cm 2 , very low and very...

...Naohiro Yoshida; Yoshio Takahashi Abstract Radionuclides, such as 134 Cs, 137 Cs, and 131 I, were released during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in March 2011. Their distribution was monitored by airborne surveys and soil sampling. The most highly contaminated areas...

... and reduced seismic hazard of the 1896 tsunami earthquake zone, as inferred by several earlier studies ( Yamazaki et al., 2017 ). The resultant tsunami waves had led to the meltdowns of reactors of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant resulting in discharge of radioactive water in Fukushima, which resulted...

... is made to avoid this), there could be a graphite fire, potentially releasing radiation. More hazardous than a reactor meltdown would be the results of a successful attack on a densely packed spent fuel cooling pool at a reactor. After nuclear fuel is used in a reactor, it is emplaced in a deep (30...

... that protective actions can be taken via earthquake early warning, which is now being implemented by the USGS and its partners for the U.S. West Coast. The tsunami‐triggered meltdown of the Fukushima, Japan, nuclear reactors in 2011 is a strong impetus for critical facilities to invest in protecting these systems...

... Adsorption Free Energy Cesium CLAYFF Inner-Sphere Layer Charge Mica Molecular Dynamics Outer-Sphere Potential of Mean Force (001) Surface On March 11, 2011, a catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami hit Japan, causing massive devastation including, in particular, the partial meltdown...

... diffraction Cesium-137 is a byproduct of the plutonium production process, and it is a significant contaminant during nuclear fallout, nuclear plant meltdown, and nuclear waste storage. Following the nuclear plant disasters at Chernobyl (Ukraine), and most recently, Fukushima (Japan), 137 Cs...

..., and catastrophic failure of the backup power systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, which precipitated a reactor meltdown and radiation release. About 18,131 lives appear to have been lost, 2829 people are still missing, and 6194 people were injured (as reported 28 September 2012 by the Fire...

...; nonetheless, the shaking-related impact was substantial. On 24 June 2011, the Cabinet Office of Government of Japan estimated a total economic loss of US$209.8 billion 2 from tsunami and shaking-related causes, not including nuclear meltdown related issues. The World Bank study indicated that the total...

... in the deep‐plate interface. The large tsunami at the Fukushima nuclear power station is due to either the combination of a deep and shallow slip or a triggering of a shallow slip by a deep slip, which was not accounted for in the previous tsunami‐hazard assessments. Online Material: Table of estimated slip...

...., 1993 ; Sugden et al., 1993 ) and challenge hypotheses of East Antarctic Ice Sheet meltdown during the Pliocene Epoch (Webb and Harwood, 1987). The interpretation of Victoria drift as an accumulation of lake-ice conveyer deposits establishes a geologic history different from that previously...