The Japanese Quake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis

In our lifetimes we may never see another combination of disasters like the earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan on March 11 and the Fukushima nuclear reactor safety crisis that followed. See all of ENR’s coverage and the related developments in seismic, tsunami and nuclear safety around the world.

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Train to Sendai, Japan, Rolls Through a Depopulated Land

Broad Array of Offshore Firms Provide Help at Fukushima
12/19/2011 By Pam Radtke Russell
The industry response team, which included Babcock & Wilcox and The Shaw Group, will likely continue working under contracts at Fukushima for at least a decade.

Japan Eyes Milestone in Overcoming Nuclear Disaster
11/14/2011 By Dennis Normile in Tokyo
Eight months after the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powerplant, the site has become a massive construction site.

Scenes from the Japanese Quake and Tsunami

Photo: Tom Sawyer for ENR.com

Archive News

10/17/11 Tsunami Loads Report Now in Draft Review May Become an Engineering Classic
05/18/11 Japan’s Tsunami Debris Offers Wealth of Data
05/18/11 Searching for Clues in Quake-Maddened Seas
05/09/11 Japan Starts Down Road to Earthquake Reconstruction
05/04/11 Rescuing Perishable Evidence
04/21/11 Blog: Train to Sendai, Japan, Rolls Through a Depopulated Land
04/20/11 Robot Loaders and Massive Pumps Head to Japan Plant
04/20/11 U.S. Engineering Firms Assist TEPCO With Cleanup Program
04/20/11 Blog: Sadly, and yet again it is a learning moment for civil engineers; it seems disasters are ever so
03/16/11 Editorial: Japan’s Great Tsunami and Quake Show the Limits of Control
03/16/11 A Nuclear Nightmare
03/16/11 Pacific Northwest Faces Tsunami Risk
03/16/11 Damage Assessments Climb At U.S. Ports and Harbors
03/15/11 Despite Japanese Powerplant Disaster, No Nuclear Moratorium in US, Officials Say
03/14/11 Troubles Multiply at Reactors Amid Fears of Radiation Spread
03/14/11 Updates on Japan from ENR’s Critical Path blog
03/14/11 Three Thoughts About the Disaster in Japan
03/13/11 Partial Meltdown Feared at Japanese Nuclear Plants
11/04/09 Editorial: Earthquake Planners Need Help With Their ‘Resilient Cities’ Plan

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