Work resumes at nuke plant after surge in radiation
Work resumes at nuke plant after surge in radiation
Said to be very little health risk for anyone outside evacuation zone
News1130 Staff Mar 16, 2011 06:36:19 AM
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TOKYO, JP (NEWS1130) - Radiation leakage continues from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, but authorities in Japan and in North America say there is very little health risk at the moment for anyone living or working "outside the evacuation zone" around the plant.
Plant workers are back on the job after being pulled from Fukushima yesterday, when the radiation levels peaked at reactor 2, temporarily suspending efforts to cool the overheating reactors.
Smoke and steam has been rising into the atmosphere as another fire breaks out at the plant. Reuters has reported that Japanese police have been using water cannons mounted on trucks to douse the fire. Meanwhile, helicopters tried to water bomb from above but levels were so high they had to stop.
The latest detection of radiation, as reported by CNN's Stan Grant in Tokyo, is in some of the water; but officials have said the drinking water is safe. |
發表於 2011-3-16 07:57
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