the march 11, 2011 earthquake- tsunami disaster in japan remembering: part 1 walter hays, global...
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THE MARCH 11, 2011 EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI DISASTER IN JAPAN
REMEMBERING: PART 1
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for
Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA
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M9.0 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI
DEVASTATED JAPAN TSUNAMI WAVES REACHED PACIFIC
RIM COUNTRIES
4TH LARGEST QUAKE EVER 3 – 10 M TSUNAMI WAVES
2:46 pm MARCH 11, 2011
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IT WAS A TSUNAMI AND RADIATION- RELEASE
DISASTER THAT KILLED APPROXIMATELY 20,000 AND
DEVASTATED JAPAN
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TSUNAMI WAVES:NATON MYIAGI PREFECTURE
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OARAI INUNDATED BY TSUNAMI
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TSUNAMI WAVES REACHED COAST OF NORTHERN JAPAN IN 15 MIN.
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FIRE: NEAR SENDAI AIRPORT
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SENDAI AIRPORT
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SENDAI AIRPORT: COVERED WITH MUD FROM TSUNAMI
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SENDAI AIRPORT: COVERED WITH CARS, MUD, & DEBRIS
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SEARCH AND RESCUE: RIKUZENTAKADA
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SEARCH AND RESCUE: TOYOMA
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THE RADIATION LEAKS MADE IT A VERY DIFFICULT
YEAR FOR JAPAM
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AERIAL VIEW: THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR FACIULITY
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FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR FACILITY HAD 3 FAILURES
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THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR FACILITY
Radiation leaks and threats of partial melt down developed in four of the six reactors as a result of the quake/tsunami.
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RADIATION CLOUD AT THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR FACIULITY
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NO-FLY ZONE ABOUT FUKUSHIMA
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DRY SPENT FUEL POOLS
• By days 6-7, Japanese efforts were focused on the pools used to store spent nuclear fuel, now dry or nearly so, because the consensus was that the dry rods could heat up and spew intense radiation.
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WORKING TO AVERT DISASTER
• Emergency workers tried helicopter water drops, heavy-duty fire trucks, and water cannons to cool down Japan's dangerously overheated nuclear reactors and spent-fuel pools.
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HELICOPTERS COLLECT SEA WATER TO DROP ON FUKUSHIMA REACTORS
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A RACE AGAINST TIME
• 140,000 people within a 33 km radius of the plant were evacuated; meanwhile the increased risk from radiation stymied search and rescue operations, already beyond the “golden window,” and slowed humanitarian assistance.
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GOAL:
PREVENT A MELT DOWN AT THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR FACILITY
WHOSE NORMAL COOLING SYSTEM WAS COMPROMIZED BY THE EARTHQUAKE AN TSUNAMI
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MARCH 25: WORKERS REMOVED AFTER EXPERIENCING RADIATION
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WORKERS BEING TREATED
• The workers were trans-ferred by ambulance on Friday to a specialized hospital.
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ON THE INSIDE OF THE FACILITY
• Inside, work continued in the frantic effort to bring automated cooling systems back on line in order to prevent any worsening of the radiation leak.
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OUTSIDE HELP
• Pure water and pumps supplied by the United States military was brought to Fukushima-1 to cool the reactors.
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ON THE INSIDE OF THE FACILITY
• Pure water replaced the sea water that was used earlier on Day 12 to cool the rods; the sea water was causing corrosion because of the accumulation of salt.
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WHAT DID WE LEARN
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DISASTERS OCCUR WHEN A NATION’S PUBLIC POLICIES
ALLOW IT TO BECOME …
UN—PREPARED
UN—PROTECTED
UN—ABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY
NON—RESILIENT AFTER A DISASTER
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A NATION OR A NATION OR A COMMUNITYA COMMUNITYA NATION OR A NATION OR A COMMUNITYA COMMUNITY
DATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATIONDATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION
HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS
•NATURAL HAZARDS•INVENTORY•VULNERABILITY•LOCATION
RISK ASSESSMENTRISK ASSESSMENT
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
GOAL: DISASTER GOAL: DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE
•PREPAREDNESS•PROTECTION•EMERGENCY RESPONSE•RECOVERY IENCE
FOUR PILLARS OF FOUR PILLARS OF RESILIENCERESILIENCE