Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant
The Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant (福島第二原子力発電所, Fukushima Dai-Ni ( pronunciation) Genshiryoku Hatsudensho?, Fukushima II NPP, 2F), or Fukushima Dai-ni (dai-ni, characters 第二, means "number two"), is a nuclear power plant located on a 1,500,000-square-metre (370-acre) site in the town of Naraha and Tomioka in the Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) runs the plant.
After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the four reactors at Fukushima II automatically shut down.
Japan's worst nuclear incident occurred at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, a 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) boundary to boundary road journey to the north, after the same March 11 earthquake.
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