.- The Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, acknowledged today that the Fukushima nuclear plant, where at least two of the six reactors suffer from overheating problems, still in an "alarming" after the earthquake on Friday. The radiation level at the plant this morning again exceeded the legal limit, it was announced early in the morning the operator, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), according to Kyodo.
Radiation around the plant reached the 751 microsievert above the 500 recommended. That figure is lower than the maximum of 1,577 registered microsievert Fukushima yesterday but high for humans, usually exposed to 1,000 microsievert for an entire year. TEPCO said its technicians continue injecting salt water into the reactors 1 and 3 of the plant for cooling and prevent the heart rests, and in the last few hours have not detected changes in fluid levels and pressure inside the container .
Since the quake and ensuing tsunami, they work against the clock to address the overheating of the reactor to the cooling system failure, amid fears that a merger of the core. The situation is unclear since Saturday, an explosion occurred at the Fukushima plant 1. Japan government spokesman Yukio Edan, acknowledged yesterday the possibility of another explosion in the secondary containment vessel of the reactor 3 by the accumulation of hydrogen, but not cause serious damage.
The authorities insist that there is no data to confirm a core meltdown process, only one possible "distortion" of it. A total of 180 000 residents were evacuated within a radius of 20 km around the plant and at least 37 people have been exposed to radioactivity. All nuclear plants in the affected areas of 51 -11 of agents throughout the country, have been stopped on Friday.
Fukushima addition, there are problems in the cooling systems of nuclear power plants in the provinces of Onagawa and Tokai, the latter at only 120 kilometers away from the capital. Not preclude the levels of radioactivity at Japanese nuclear plant Onagawa returned to normal after the state of emergency declared on Sunday, announced the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"The authorities informed the IAEA that the radioactivity levels in the Onagawa nuclear plant had returned to normal," the IAEA said in a statement. The high level of radioactivity found earlier in Onagawa led authorities to declare a state of emergency. With information from AFP and Reuters 
Radiation around the plant reached the 751 microsievert above the 500 recommended. That figure is lower than the maximum of 1,577 registered microsievert Fukushima yesterday but high for humans, usually exposed to 1,000 microsievert for an entire year. TEPCO said its technicians continue injecting salt water into the reactors 1 and 3 of the plant for cooling and prevent the heart rests, and in the last few hours have not detected changes in fluid levels and pressure inside the container .
Since the quake and ensuing tsunami, they work against the clock to address the overheating of the reactor to the cooling system failure, amid fears that a merger of the core. The situation is unclear since Saturday, an explosion occurred at the Fukushima plant 1. Japan government spokesman Yukio Edan, acknowledged yesterday the possibility of another explosion in the secondary containment vessel of the reactor 3 by the accumulation of hydrogen, but not cause serious damage.
The authorities insist that there is no data to confirm a core meltdown process, only one possible "distortion" of it. A total of 180 000 residents were evacuated within a radius of 20 km around the plant and at least 37 people have been exposed to radioactivity. All nuclear plants in the affected areas of 51 -11 of agents throughout the country, have been stopped on Friday.
Fukushima addition, there are problems in the cooling systems of nuclear power plants in the provinces of Onagawa and Tokai, the latter at only 120 kilometers away from the capital. Not preclude the levels of radioactivity at Japanese nuclear plant Onagawa returned to normal after the state of emergency declared on Sunday, announced the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"The authorities informed the IAEA that the radioactivity levels in the Onagawa nuclear plant had returned to normal," the IAEA said in a statement. The high level of radioactivity found earlier in Onagawa led authorities to declare a state of emergency. With information from AFP and Reuters
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