At the time of writing, another accident has occured or unfolding.
Fukushima Dai-ichi Reactor 2 (1973, General Electric, 784 MW), exploded on 6.10 JST, 15th March. Radiation level has risen to ~2000 mSv. The reason for this explosion is caused by whatever happened to other reactors after the disaster (read my other blog posts). However, the cast is not breached
Reactor 4 (1978, 784MW, Hitach) in Fukushima Dai-ichi is also reported on fire right now.
Other Power Plants in Japan
Tokai nuclear power plant (東海発電所), First nuclear power plant in Japan, located in Tokai, Naka District, Ibaraki Prefecture, operated by Japan Atomic Power Company, with an output of ~1000MW. Reactor 1 was based off the British Magnox reactor, opened in 1966, closed in 1998. Reactor 2 is a BWR, started working on the 1978. It has suffered cooling failure but no explosions were reported.
Onagawa Nuclear power plant (女川原子力発電所), managed by Tohoku Electric power company, this is the fastest built nuclear power plant in the world, it began building on 1980, and was completed on 1984. This is Reactor Number 3 (825MW, 2002, Toshiba). A fire broke out in reactor 3's turbine assembly and it was shut down.
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