An explosion occurred in the reactor two of the Fukushima nuclear one, damaged by the earthquake followed by tsunami that occurred on Friday in northeastern Japan, announced the government and the company that manages the enclave. "There was a big explosion," between 06:00 and 6:15 am in the reactor two, said a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), the electric company that manages the plant.
The Government informed by the pool side condensation confinement enclosure had been damaged. A government spokesman Yukio Edan, spoke of "potential damage to the pool of condensation", the bottom of the containment enclosure which serves to cool the reactor and control the pressure inside the enclosure.
This is the first time there is talk of damage to the site of a reactor containment of a central Fukushima, hit by a series of faults after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northwestern Japan on Friday. Two other reactors of this central pathways were affected by explosions on Saturday and Monday.
In both cases, the explosion due to hydrogen, damaged or destroyed the outer structure of the reactor, but without affecting the core of the facility, according to the government. On the other hand, the Kyodo news agency reported Tuesday that a rate higher than normal radioactivity was measured in Ibaraki Prefecture, located between Fukushima, where a nuclear plant accident, and Tokyo.
Ibaraki Prefecture is located along the Pacific, south of Fukushima, and just over 100 km northeast of Tokyo. Three of the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant was damaged by a series of explosions, the latest occurred at dawn on Tuesday in the reactor two, following the devastating earthquake on Friday was followed by a tsunami.
With 35 million inhabitants, the megalopolis of Tokyo is the most populous urban agglomeration in the world. 
The Government informed by the pool side condensation confinement enclosure had been damaged. A government spokesman Yukio Edan, spoke of "potential damage to the pool of condensation", the bottom of the containment enclosure which serves to cool the reactor and control the pressure inside the enclosure.
This is the first time there is talk of damage to the site of a reactor containment of a central Fukushima, hit by a series of faults after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northwestern Japan on Friday. Two other reactors of this central pathways were affected by explosions on Saturday and Monday.
In both cases, the explosion due to hydrogen, damaged or destroyed the outer structure of the reactor, but without affecting the core of the facility, according to the government. On the other hand, the Kyodo news agency reported Tuesday that a rate higher than normal radioactivity was measured in Ibaraki Prefecture, located between Fukushima, where a nuclear plant accident, and Tokyo.
Ibaraki Prefecture is located along the Pacific, south of Fukushima, and just over 100 km northeast of Tokyo. Three of the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant was damaged by a series of explosions, the latest occurred at dawn on Tuesday in the reactor two, following the devastating earthquake on Friday was followed by a tsunami.
With 35 million inhabitants, the megalopolis of Tokyo is the most populous urban agglomeration in the world.
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