High levels of radiation are leaking from a nuclear plant in Japan power

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High levels of radiation are leaking from a nuclear plant in Japan
People told to stay indoors
Canadian Press Mar 14, 2011 20:26:07 PM
0    JAPAN (NEWS1130) - Japan's nuclear safety agency says an explosion Tuesday at an earthquake-damaged nuclear power plant may have damaged a reactor's containment vessel.   

The nuclear core of Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in northeast Japan was not damaged.   

The agency suspects the explosion early Tuesday may have damaged the reactor's suppression chamber, a water-filled tube at the bottom of the container that surrounds the core.   

Radiation levels measured at the front gate of the Dai-ichi plant spiked following Tuesday's explosion.

Crews are telling people within 30 kilometres of the nuclear complex to stay indoors and close their windows to avoid the possibility of radiation sickness.

Elevated levels of radiation have also been recorded in Tokyo.

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Unit 1 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, left, with its top part of walls blown off after Saturday's explosion is seen with other units including Unit 3 reactor, second from right, where a hydrogen explosion could occur in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture (state) in Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011. This photo was taken from Tamura city in Fukushima Prefecture. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Masaru Nishimoto) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE