Background On March 11, 2011, a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake—one of the five largest quakes in recorded history—hit off the north-eastern coast of Japan. As part of the devastation, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) had to take down several generators, and at least three nuclear reactors reported an explosion as a result of hydrogen build-up within their containment buildings. In total, TEPCO lost nearly 21GW of its total capacity. Po

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