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The earthquake on March 11, 2011, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan’s largest island, reportedly caused an automatic shutdown of eleven of Japan’s fifty-five operating nuclear power plants.1 Most of the shutdowns proceeded without incident. However, the plants closest to the epicenter, Fukushima and Onagawa, were damaged by the earthquake and resulting tsunami. The Fukushima Daiichi plant subsequently suffered hydrogen explosions and probable nuclear fuel damage, releasing significant amounts of radioactive material into the environment.
