Waves up to three meters high hit a nuclear power plant in Japan during the tsunami that followed the devastating earthquake on January 1according to the company that ensures the operation of the station, which however emphasized that no damage was reported.
The 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit the southern peninsula in the center of the country, killing more than 200 people and leaving dozens missing, according to another provisional count by authorities, and triggering a tsunami with large waves.
This disaster was revived in Japan the painful memories of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the north-east of the country, causing severe damage and the melting of the cores of three of its reactors.
Waves of up to 1 meter were beginning to reach the Shika nuclear power plant on January 1 at around 16:30 (local time, 09:30 Greece time), about 20 minutes after the earthquake, according to the Hokuriku Electric Power company. Then came bigger waves.
“Our analysis showed that waves up to three meters high reached around 17:45 at the bottom of the station, which is located on the coast, but at a height of 11 meters above sea level,” a company representative told AFP today. .
He emphasized that this nuclear plant, which is located in the southern part of the Noto Peninsula, is also protected by a four-meter-high barrier, which was built after the 2011 Fukushima accident.
Source: News Beast
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