Fukushima Disaster: How a Tsunami Unleashed Nuclear Destruction

How a Tsunami Unleashed Nuclear Destruction. Danielle Smith-Lleras former life as a teacher led her to write books for young people. She has taught literature, writing, history, and visual arts to students ranging from elementary school to college. A massive tsunami caused by the strongest earthquake to ever hit Japan triggered the worlds worst nuclear crisis since the Chernobyl accident 25 years earlier. The monster waves that crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March 2011 killed 15,000 people and caused nuclear reactor meltdowns that threatened the lives of thousands more. The waves receded long ago, but the