Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Japan asks U.S. aid to nuclear crisis

Japan formally asked U.S. aid to control its nuclear plants, which collapsed after the earthquake and tsunami of the weekend, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRC). "The Japanese government formally requested U.S. assistance to the issue of nuclear plant cooling generated by the earthquake and tsunami of March 11," the NRC.

"The NRC is considering possible responses to the request, including providing technical advice," he added. The agency said it had sent two experts in reactors in Japan, as part of a team from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and "currently in Tokyo to provide technical assistance." On Monday, a double explosion in reactor number 3 of the Fukushima nuclear plant 1 further fueled fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan after an earthquake and tsunami that could have left more than 10 thousand dead.

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