Stig Östlund

tisdag, mars 15, 2011

Japan reactor's inner vessel may be damaged

Los Angeles Times
March 12, 2011
8:56 p.m.
An explosion Tuesday at the Unit 2 reactor at a Fukushima power plant may have damaged the reactor's inner containment vessel, the most serious development yet in the ongoing crisis at the severely damaged facility.

Tokyo Electric Power Co., which owns the Fukushima No. 1 (Daiichi) plant 140 miles north of Tokyo, said radiation levels at the plant were rising and that everyone who lives within 18 miles of the plant had been advised to stay indoors. Nearly 200,000 people who live within 12 miles of the plant had already been evacuated.
A fire has started in a fourth reactor at the site as well, but Japan's nuclear safety agency quickly report that it had been extinguished.

The company has evacuated all personnel from the site except for 50 employees who are attempting to keep the reactor cores cool, a chore that has become increasingly problematic.

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