Fukushima

[ foo-koo-shee-muh; Japanese foo-koo-shee-mah ]

noun

1. a city on N Honshu, in N Japan.

Fukushima

/ ˌfuːkuːˈʃiːmə /

noun

1. a city in Japan, in N Honshu: noted for production of silk; sight of a serious nuclear power station accident following an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Pop: 290 064 (2011 est)

Example Sentences

Another accident, at the Fukushima Daichi plant in Japan in 2011, re-energised concerns about nuclear safety.

From BBC

Hoff was working at Diablo Canyon when Fukushima happened.

From Los Angeles Times

For her, Fukushima was a reminder that nuclear power comes with risk — however small — but that even in a worst-case scenario, operators are skilled at preventing a disaster.

From Los Angeles Times

Advocates speculate that the ability to rapidly disseminate information on nuclear energy to combat misconceptions might have helped prevent nuclear energy from becoming politically and culturally toxic after the Fukushima accident, unlike with Chernobyl and Three Mile Island.

From Los Angeles Times

While the Texas A&M students were quite young when the disaster unfolded, both Wargon and Pittman were in college in 2011 when an earthquake and tsunami in Japan crippled the power systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, triggering a meltdown.

From Los Angeles Times