1 Report to the Foreign Academies from Science Council of Japan on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident May 2, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Taskforce Science Council of Japan http://www.scj.go.jp/en/index.html Preamble In the wake of the massive earthquake (magnitude 9.0) that occurred off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2011 and the subsequent major tsunami and accid