On August 10, 2012 the UN Atomic Agency said that the Japan’s
Onagawa nuclear power plant was surprisingly in good shape. The
nuclear power plant is in good condition despite the fact that
it was closest to the epicentre of the March 11, 2011 earthquake
and tsunami. The International Atomic Energy Agency in an
initial report said, “the structural elements of the plant were
remarkably undamaged given the magnitude of ground motion
experienced and the duration and size of this great earthquake”.
While the Vienna based IAEA said, “Onagawa experienced very high
levels of ground shaking—among the strongest of any plant
affected by the earthquake—and some flooding from the tsunami
that followed, but was able to shut down safely”. On the other
hand the Fukushima plant which was 120 kms to the south was not
so lucky and suffered multiple reactor meltdowns and released
the radioactivity in to the environment and resulted in the
world’s worst nuclear accident in 25 years. There will be more
visits at the Onagawa and th