ABSTRACT
At 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2011, Japan suffered one of its most intense and devastating earthquakes. The earthquake measured 7.9 on the Richter scale. It was so intense that the world’s media provided almost nonstop 24-hour news coverage. The reports spoke about the number of victims, and behind the reports the ghost of a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster was ever present. The earthquake followed by a tsunami not only devastated the Japanese coast but also posed serious risks should the Fukushima nuclear reactor have suffered a meltdown. Such a meltdown was a more serious threat to life, considering the following relevant aspects.
