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2 Background on Japanese and U.S. Nuclear Plants (31-71)
3 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and Impacts on Japanese Nuclear Plants (72-100)
4 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident (101-152)
5 Lessons Learned: Plant Operations and Safety Regulations (153-195)
6 Lessons Learned: Offsite Emergency Management (196-231)
7 Lessons Learned: Nuclear Safety Culture (232-255)
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee, Technical Advisor, and Staff (283-297)
Appendix B: Presentations, Breakout Sessions, and Visits (298-314)
Appendix C: Detailed Accident Time Line (315-319)
Appendix D: Operation and Support Organizations (320-323)
Appendix E: Recommendations from Other Organizations (324-327)
Appendix F: Regulator and Industry Actions in the United States (328-336)
Appendix G: Hydrogen Control in Severe Accidents (337-340)
Appendix H: Nuclear Plant Emergency Procedures and Guidelines (341-348)
Appendix I: Probabilistic Risk Assessment (349-355)
Appendix J: Human Reliability Analysis (356-359)
Appendix K: Tsunami Hazards in the Atlantic Ocean Basin (360-363)
Appendix L: Factoring the Costs of Severe Nuclear Accidents into Backfit Decisions (364-366)
Appendix M: Access to Timely and Reliable Information to Support Decision Making During a Nuclear Power Plant Accident (367-368)
Appendix N: Conversions and Units (369-370)