MIZUSHIMA OIL SPILL-A TRAGEDY FOR JAPAN AND A LESSON FOR CANADA

On the night of December 18, 1974, a huge oil tank in the Mizushima refinery on the Inland Sea of Japan developed an eight-metre rupture and lost millions of gallons of hot Bunker C oil. Environment Canada sent Mr. C.W. Nicol of Environmental Protection Sevice in Vancouver to observe the impact of the spill on the environment and the clean-up measures employed. The cost of the clean-up and compensations, still continuing in mid-1976, will be in the order of hundreds of millions of dollars. More than 200,000 persons took part in the clean-up process, and over 38,000 vessels and 300 aircraft. This report summarizes Mr. Nicol's observations on the environmental damage and the clean-up efforts resulting from this catastrophic spill.

• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Protection Service

  Department of the Environment
  Ottawa K1A OH3, ONo,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Nicol, C W
• Publication Date: 1976-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 25 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Impacts; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Pollution control
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pollution abatement
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil recovery; Oil removal; Oil spill behavior; Oil spill contingency plans; Oil spill impact
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170811
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Environmental Protection Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: EPS 8-EC-76-2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM