Following the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011 , one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded , and a subsequent tsunami off the coast of Japan , the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered three core meltdowns due to failure of the emergency cooling system for lack of electricity supply . This resulted in the most serious nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster
Tōhoku earthquake
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Nuclear power