Japan: strong 7.4 aftershock kills four and triggers second round of nuclear plant radiation leaks
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Japan: strong 7.4 aftershock kills four and triggers second round of nuclear plant radiation leaks
A strong aftershock in Japan has killed four people and resulted in toxic radiation contaminated water leakages from a second nuclear power plant.
The Telegraph UK
A further 100 people were also injured in the 7.4 magnitude aftershock which shook the Miyagi prefecture region late Thursday night, resulting in widespread blackouts, motorway closures and swaying buildings as far away as Tokyo.
As a result of the quake, water leaked out of spent fuel pools at Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant in northeast Japan, bumping up radiation levels outside the complex, according to Tohoku Electric Power, its operators.
The leakages were reported from three reactors at the plant, which was earlier shut down safely after it was hit by a 43-foot tsunami triggered by the March 11 earthquake.
"We detected rises in radiation levels inside the reactor buildings, and are trying to find the locations of the leaks,” said an official for Tohoku Electric Power. “We see changes in radiation levels outside the reactor buildings.”
The aftershock, which was focused on the same region devastated in the March 11 disasters, triggered an immediate tsunami warning which was later lifted.
Officials at the earlier damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant briefly evacuated workers following the aftershock, before continuing with efforts to restore control at the site.
Workers at the Fukushima plant are currently involved in injecting nitrogen into reactor No 1 as a “preventative measure” to prevent the risk of a hydrogen gas explosion.
Two of the world’s largest concrete pumps were reported to be making their way from the United States to the Fukushima plant, to help officials in the attempts to restore crucial cooling functions.
Japan: strong 7.4 aftershock kills four and triggers second round of nuclear plant radiation leaks
A strong aftershock in Japan has killed four people and resulted in toxic radiation contaminated water leakages from a second nuclear power plant.
The Telegraph UK
A further 100 people were also injured in the 7.4 magnitude aftershock which shook the Miyagi prefecture region late Thursday night, resulting in widespread blackouts, motorway closures and swaying buildings as far away as Tokyo.
As a result of the quake, water leaked out of spent fuel pools at Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant in northeast Japan, bumping up radiation levels outside the complex, according to Tohoku Electric Power, its operators.
The leakages were reported from three reactors at the plant, which was earlier shut down safely after it was hit by a 43-foot tsunami triggered by the March 11 earthquake.
"We detected rises in radiation levels inside the reactor buildings, and are trying to find the locations of the leaks,” said an official for Tohoku Electric Power. “We see changes in radiation levels outside the reactor buildings.”
The aftershock, which was focused on the same region devastated in the March 11 disasters, triggered an immediate tsunami warning which was later lifted.
Officials at the earlier damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant briefly evacuated workers following the aftershock, before continuing with efforts to restore control at the site.
Workers at the Fukushima plant are currently involved in injecting nitrogen into reactor No 1 as a “preventative measure” to prevent the risk of a hydrogen gas explosion.
Two of the world’s largest concrete pumps were reported to be making their way from the United States to the Fukushima plant, to help officials in the attempts to restore crucial cooling functions.
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