Japan rushes against time to prevent nuclear disaster
TOKYO - Japanese military helicopters dumped water on an overheating nuclear plant on Thursday while the United States expressed growing alarm about leaking radiation and said it was sending aircraft to help Americans leave the country. Engineers tried to run power from the main grid to start water pumps needed to cool two reactors...
Japan: Grave Situation at Nuclear Plant Reactor
white smoke billows from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in Okumamachi, Fukushima Wednesday morning, taken 30km away Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant faces a grave situation at the No. 4 reactor, which the government is monitoring closely, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said today. The first priority is to...
Emergency workers flee after radiation surges in nuke plant
Japan ordered emergency workers to withdraw from its stricken nuclear power complex early today amid a surge in radiation. The evacuation temporarily suspended efforts to cool overheating reactors. Japanese self-defence forces were preparing to pour water on to the quake-crippled No. 3 reactor from a helicopter to try to cool...
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