In 2011 Japan was devastated by the Great East Japan 91 magnitude Earthquake and tsunami a massive event that triggered a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant The earthquake which occurred on March 11th was the strongest ever recorded in the country and was followed by a powerful tsunami that caused widespread destruction along the coast over 18000 casualties and displaced hundreds of thousands The tsunami also disabled the cooling systems at the Fukushima nuclear power plant leading