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Japan raises nuclear alert level ( Chris Hogg BBC.Body of Indian girl killed in Australia cremated.Qaddafi Pledges ‘Long War’ as Allies Pursue Air As.Libya- the aftermath of coalition air strikes ( wa.He added that engineers planned to fill the reactor container with sea water to cool the fuel rods and avert a melt down, after parts of the No.1 reactor's fuel were exposed. As such there was no large amount of radiation leakage outside, so we'd like everyone to respond calmly." The explosion didn't occur inside the reactor container. "We've confirmed that the reactor container was not damaged. "We ask everyone to take action to secure safety. "We are now trying to analyse what is behind the explosion," Yukio Edano, a government spokesman, said. However, local media reported that three workers have suffered radiation exposure. But authorities said the explosion did not affect the reactor core container. The cooling system of the plant was damaged in the massive earthquake that struck northeastern Japan and triggered a tsunami, killing hundreds of people.Īn explosion at the nuclear facility tore down the walls of one building on Saturday, leaving smoke billowing out. Radiation has leaked from a Japanese nuclear reactor and authorities say there is a possibility of a meltdown at a plant about 250km north of the capital, Tokyo.īut the government insisted on Saturday that radiation levels have reduced since pressure built rapidly last night near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where five reactors were earlier under a state of emergency.
