Japan Nuclear Plant Emits Smoke As Workers Struggle To Reconnect Electricity And Cool Reactors
YAMAGATA, Japan — Smoke billowed from a building at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant Friday as emergency crews worked to reconnect electricity to cooling systems and spray more water on overheating nuclear fuel at the tsunami-ravaged facility. SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES Four of the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant’s six reactor units have seen fires, explosions or partial meltdowns in the week since the tsunami. While the reactor cores where energy is generated are a concern, water in the pools used to store used nuclear fuel are also major worries. Water in at least one fuel pool – in the complex’s Unit 3 – is believed to be dangerously low, exposing the stored fuel rods. Without enough water, the rods may heat further and spew out radiation. Read More… More on Japan
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Japan Nuclear Plant Emits Smoke As Workers Struggle To Reconnect Electricity And Cool Reactors
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on March 18, 2011. Filed under