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24 Mar 2011
The earthquake on March 11, 2011, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island, reportedly caused an automatic shutdown (called a "scram") of eleven of Japan's fifty-five operating nuclear power plants. Most of the shutdowns proceeded without incident. The plants closest to the epicenter, Fukushima and Onagawa, were damaged by the earthquake and resulting tsunami.
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Author | Richard J Campbell, Mark Holt |
Series | US Congressional Research Service Reports |
Publisher | Congressional Research Service (CRS) |