Timelines of Recent Events - Timeline of the September 11 Attacks, Timeline of the Enron Scandal (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 118. Chapters: Timeline of the September 11 attacks, Timeline of the Enron scandal, Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks, United States presidential election, 2004 timeline, Timeline of the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, Timeline of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Timeline of the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, Timeline of the 2007 pet food recalls, Advance of the Islamic Courts Union, Timeline of Hurricane Katrina, Timeline of the 2005 French civil unrest, Timeline of the 2007-10 recession, Timeline of the Canadian federal election, 2004, Progress of the SARS outbreak, Post-election developments in Ukraine, 2004, Terri Schiavo timeline, Timeline of the 2008 Chinese milk scandal, Timeline of the Beslan school hostage crisis, Al Qa'qaa high explosives timeline, Timeline of the Fukushima II nuclear accidents, Timeline of the 2000 Fijian coup d'etat, Timeline of the 2005-2006 Fijian political crisis. Excerpt: Fukushima Dai-ichi (dai-ichi means "first"), was a multi-reactor nuclear power site in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan. The Fukushima I nuclear accidents occurred after a 9.0 magnitude T hoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 11 March 2011, only 14 days before the reactor was to be shut down. This offshore earthquake, near the island of Honshu, produced a large tsunami in Japan, and a tsunami warning for over 20 countries within and around the Pacific Rim. The earthquake triggered a scram shut down of the three active reactors at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant (Fukushima Dai-Ichi). The ensuing tsunami inundated the site, stopped the Fukushima I backup diesel generators, and caused a station blackout. The subsequent lack of cooling led to explosions and meltdowns at the Fukushima I facility, with problems at three of the six reactors and in one of the six spent fuel pools. Times ar...