The first wave arrives at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in the form of a 13-foot-high wave, which is deflected by a sea wall built to withstand waves up to 33 feet high.ģ:35 p.m.: A second wave, this one over 50 feet high, breaches the wall. The earthquake has a magnitude of 9.1, making it the largest earthquake in Japan’s history-and one of the five most powerful earthquakes globally recorded since modern record-keeping began.ģ:27 p.m.: The earthquake sets off a tsunami. March 11, 2011: An Earthquake Precipitates CrisisĢ:46 pm: The westward-moving Pacific Plate, an oceanic tectonic plate, lurches downwards beneath the Okhotsk plate along the Japan Trench, causing an earthquake 43 miles off the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan’s most populous island. Also, subsequent to this update, the Recommission Nuclear Reactor project will automatically repair a pillaged Nuclear Power Plant.A broken picture frame lies in the mud within the exclusion zone, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) away from Fukushima Nuclear Power Planton Apin Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Prior to the Antarctic Late Summer Update, a nuclear accident could be inadvertently triggered by pillaging the Nuclear Power Plant (either with a military unit, or by having a Spy carry out the Sabotage Production mission). A Builder, Military Engineer, Legion or Toa can scrub the fallout.

All civilian units in the affected tiles are killed, and all military units and the defenses of all City Centers or Encampments in the affected tiles are damaged.Īny unit ending its turn on a tile with fallout will suffer 50 damage. The Power Plant is destroyed, all districts, buildings, and improvements in the affected tiles are pillaged, and there is an 80% chance that any Citizens working the affected tiles are killed. The plant's reactor overheats and explodes. There is a 50% chance that any civilian units in the affected tiles are killed and a 50% chance that any military units and the defenses of any City Centers or Encampments in the affected tiles are damaged. There is a 50% chance that any districts in the affected tiles are pillaged and a 40% chance that any improvements in the affected tiles are pillaged. The Power Plant and all other buildings in the affected tiles are pillaged. Radioactive substances leak from the plant's reactor. The Power Plant is pillaged, and there is a 10% chance that any improvements in the affected tiles are pillaged and a 20% chance that any buildings in the affected tiles are pillaged. Radioactive steam escapes from the plant. There are three levels of accidents, each successively more severe and made possible by higher Reactor Age: The age of a Nuclear Power Plant (displayed in-game as Reactor Age when hovering over the city project Recommission Nuclear Reactor) is defined as the number of turns that have passed since the Power Plant was first constructed, converted to, or last recommissioned.Īs the Reactor Age increases, the likelihood of a nuclear accident increases, as does the potential severity of the accident.Ĭompleting the city project Recommission Nuclear Reactor resets the Reactor Age to 0 (in the city with the aging Nuclear Power Plant). Once built, a Nuclear Power Plant starts to age.

It is the only man-made disaster featured in the game. A nuclear accident is a disaster in Civilization VI: Gathering Storm that can occur in an Industrial Zone with a Nuclear Power Plant.

Nuclear reactor meltdown