.- A hydrogen explosion occurred Monday in the Unit 3 nuclear plant Fukushima Dai-ichi of Japan, but did not damage the container of reactor number three of the plant, said the Cabinet Secretary. Eleven people were injured in the blast. Among the wounded military at least one Self-Defense Forces (army) of Japan, with fractures of various bones, while others suffer minor injuries, according to figures released by the local agency Kyodo.
It is the second explosion since Saturday in Fukushima plant, where less than 48 hours of the secondary container burst protects the reactor number 1, also by the accumulation of hydrogen. Edan said Yukio ordered people within a radius of 20 kilometers from entering their homes after the blast on Monday.
Edan also indicated that the reactor inner container is intact, which calmed some fears about a possible radioactive leak. The reactor of Unit 3 had been under observation at the build up of pressure there after a hydrogen explosion on Saturday in Unit 1. Edan said that at 11.36 local time (02.36 GMT), half an hour after the explosion, the level of radioactivity three miles of the place was similar to yesterday, so that ruled out "a mass escape." Over 180 thousand people have evacuated the area.
Yesterday the Japanese government spokesman, Yukio Edan, admitted the possibility that an explosion occurred in the secondary containment vessel of the reactor 3 by the accumulation of hydrogen, but said that would not cause serious damage. Shortly before the second explosion occurred, the Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, said the situation at the plant in Fukushima was still "alarming." With information from AP and Reuters 
It is the second explosion since Saturday in Fukushima plant, where less than 48 hours of the secondary container burst protects the reactor number 1, also by the accumulation of hydrogen. Edan said Yukio ordered people within a radius of 20 kilometers from entering their homes after the blast on Monday.
Edan also indicated that the reactor inner container is intact, which calmed some fears about a possible radioactive leak. The reactor of Unit 3 had been under observation at the build up of pressure there after a hydrogen explosion on Saturday in Unit 1. Edan said that at 11.36 local time (02.36 GMT), half an hour after the explosion, the level of radioactivity three miles of the place was similar to yesterday, so that ruled out "a mass escape." Over 180 thousand people have evacuated the area.
Yesterday the Japanese government spokesman, Yukio Edan, admitted the possibility that an explosion occurred in the secondary containment vessel of the reactor 3 by the accumulation of hydrogen, but said that would not cause serious damage. Shortly before the second explosion occurred, the Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, said the situation at the plant in Fukushima was still "alarming." With information from AP and Reuters
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