2011 Sendai Earthquake And Tsunami, Tōhoku Region, Pacific Ocean

Peter Bradford, a former member of the United States' Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said that the impact on the nuclear power plant was "obviously a significant setback for the so-called nuclear renaissance. The image of a nuclear power plant blowing up before your eyes on a television screen is a first."
Warren Buffett also canceled a trip to Fukushima for a planned opening ceremony of a Tungaloy Corporation's plant.