Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 is one of the damaged reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant that suffered a core meltdown and severe structural failures following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boiling water reactor ⓘ
nuclear reactor unit ⓘ
accidentConsequence containment damage ⓘ
core meltdown ⓘ
hydrogen generation ⓘ
radioactive release ⓘ
severe core damage ⓘ
accidentSequenceFeature loss of off-site power ⓘ
loss of ultimate heat sink ⓘ
station blackout ⓘ
architectEngineer Ebasco ⓘ
causeOfAccident Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
commercialOperationStartDate 1974 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1969 ⓘ
containmentType Mark I ⓘ
coolant light water ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
dateOfMajorAccident 2011-03-11 ⓘ
decommissioningStatus under decommissioning ⓘ
event Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster ⓘ
firstGridConnectionDate 1973 ⓘ
fuelType low-enriched uranium ⓘ
gridConnection Tohoku Electric Power grid ⓘ
gridStatusAfterAccident disconnected from grid ⓘ
grossElectricalCapacity_MWe 784 ⓘ
IAEAAccidentLevel Level 7 (as part of site accident) ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean ⓘ
location Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
moderator light water ⓘ
netElectricalCapacity_MWe 784 ⓘ
numberOfFuelAssemblies 548 ⓘ
operator TEPCO ⓘ
Tokyo Electric Power Company ⓘ
partOf Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
plannedFuelDebrisRetrievalStart 2020s ⓘ
postAccidentCondition fuel debris present in primary containment ⓘ
fuel debris present in reactor pressure vessel ⓘ
primaryContainmentDesign drywell and suppression chamber (torus) ⓘ
reactorSupplier General Electric ⓘ
reactorType BWR-4 ⓘ
regulatoryBody Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan ⓘ
safetySystemFailure failure of emergency core cooling ⓘ
loss of DC power ⓘ
shutdownDate 2011 ⓘ
sisterUnit Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 ⓘ
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 ⓘ
siteElevation approximately 10 meters above sea level ⓘ
status permanently shut down ⓘ
thermalCapacity_MWt 2381 ⓘ
tsunamiOvertoppedSeawall true ⓘ

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster → affectedReactor → Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 ⓘ
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 → neighboringUnits → Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 ⓘ
GE Mark I → usedIn → Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 ⓘ