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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Quake-hit Japan nuke plant explodes

Another crisis is looming when a nuclear power plant exploded, a day a monster earthquake hit Japan.

TOKYO: A Japanese nuclear power plant exploded today, television footage showed, a day after a massive earthquake damaged the facility’s cooling system, as nearby residents were warned to stay indoors.

Nuclear authorities had earlier warned that the Fukushima No 1 plant, located about 250km (160 miles) northeast of Tokyo, an urban area of 30 million people, “may be experiencing a nuclear meltdown”.

The plant’s cooling system was damaged in the quake that hit yesterday, leaving the government scrambling to fix the problem and evacuate more than 45,000 residents within a 10-km radius.

Thousands were also evacuated from near a second plant, Fukushima No 2, which also suffered damage to its cooling system.

Parts of the No 1 reactor’s nuclear fuel rods were briefly exposed to the air today after cooling water levels dropped and a fire engine was pumping water into the reactor, Jiji Press reported.

A spokesman for operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) told AFP: “We are trying to raise the water level.”

Public broadcaster NHK today reported that a blast had been heard at about 3.30pm and showed delayed footage of smoke billowing from the site, also reporting that the reactor building had been destroyed.

TV channels warned nearby residents to stay indoors, turn off air-conditioners and not to drink tap water. People going outside were also told to aviod exposing their skin and to cover their faces with masks and wet towels.

-AFP

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