The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident was caused by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami . The accident has not caused any radiation related deaths , but resulted in radioactive contamination of surrounding areas . The difficult Fukushima disaster cleanup will take 40 or more years , and is expected to cost tens of billions of dollars . The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 was a smaller scale accident , rated at INES level 5 . There were no direct or indirect deaths caused by the accident
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Nuclear power