
The No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is seen in this still image taken from NHK news program on March 13, 2011. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility supplier, notified the government early Sunday morning that the No. 3 reactor at the No. 1 Fukushima plant had lost the ability to cool the reactor core. The reactor is now in the process of releasing radioactive steam, according to top government spokesman Yukio Edano. (Xinhua/NHK)
Radiation level passes legal limit in quake-hit Fukushima nuke plant: Kyodo
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2011-03-14 06:38:12
TOKYO, March 14 (Xinhua) — The radiation level at a quake-hit nuclear power plant in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture has again exceeded the legal limit, according to a report by Kyodo news agency Monday morning.
The operator and owner of the Fukushima plants, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has been shut down since the devastating magnitude-9 quake struck northeastern and eastern Japan on Friday, but some of its reactors have lost their cooling functions.
The No. 3 reactor at the plant lost its ability to cool the reactor core early Sunday, becoming the sixth reactor that lost the function. And a hydrogen explosion is possible at the No. 3 reactor, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Sunday.