A nuclear plant in Tokai, Ibaraki in the province (north of Tokyo), today suffered problems in its cooling system, according to local agency Kyodo reported. This is the third central Japan, along with those of Fukushima and Onagawa, which records problems since Friday there was a strong earthquake measuring 9 degrees on the Richter scale in the northeastern coast of Japan.
The Japanese authorities declared a state of emergency in Onagawa (northeast) also affected by the strong earthquake on Friday, said Sunday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "The Japanese authorities informed the IAEA that the first state of emergency (the lowest) in the central Onagawa highlighted by the Tohoku Electric Power Company," said the UN agency, headquartered in Vienna.
The Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today that about 600 thousand have been evacuated in the last three days in Japan, after the earthquake, the tsunami that followed and the current nuclear threat. According to recent data, 380 thousand people were evacuated from areas affected by both natural disasters, while 210 000 have been evacuated from the area of \u200b\u200b20 km around the Fukushima nuclear power plant where an explosion occurred after the earthquake.
In a first nuclear reactor problems, concern has spread to a second in which the emergency cooling system has stopped working. The UN agency also noted that several areas of the coast affected by the tsunami remain inaccessible. " For the moment, three thousand victims have been rescued, but it has particular concerns in half of the 10 000 residents of the town of Minami-Sanriku-cho (Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan), which was devastated by the tsunami.
The OCHA said the Japanese authorities' efforts to intensify with emergency support team of specialists to keep coming from different countries, while its scientists are working around the clock to cool the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant. At the same time, the Government has mobilized 100 000 members of their defense troops and 190 aircraft and 45 boats, to assist with relief operations, which are very difficult due to continuing aftershocks (the earthquake), alerts tsunami, and fires.
According to the OCHA report, the Japanese government has confirmed that 2.6 million homes without electricity and 1.4 billion do not have water, while it is running out of gas in 3.2 million households, a situation that is particularly critical due to low temperatures in the country (about 1 degree Celsius last night).
For its part, the vast majority of hospitals have reached the edge of their ability to care for the wounded. 
The Japanese authorities declared a state of emergency in Onagawa (northeast) also affected by the strong earthquake on Friday, said Sunday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "The Japanese authorities informed the IAEA that the first state of emergency (the lowest) in the central Onagawa highlighted by the Tohoku Electric Power Company," said the UN agency, headquartered in Vienna.
The Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today that about 600 thousand have been evacuated in the last three days in Japan, after the earthquake, the tsunami that followed and the current nuclear threat. According to recent data, 380 thousand people were evacuated from areas affected by both natural disasters, while 210 000 have been evacuated from the area of \u200b\u200b20 km around the Fukushima nuclear power plant where an explosion occurred after the earthquake.
In a first nuclear reactor problems, concern has spread to a second in which the emergency cooling system has stopped working. The UN agency also noted that several areas of the coast affected by the tsunami remain inaccessible. " For the moment, three thousand victims have been rescued, but it has particular concerns in half of the 10 000 residents of the town of Minami-Sanriku-cho (Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan), which was devastated by the tsunami.
The OCHA said the Japanese authorities' efforts to intensify with emergency support team of specialists to keep coming from different countries, while its scientists are working around the clock to cool the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant. At the same time, the Government has mobilized 100 000 members of their defense troops and 190 aircraft and 45 boats, to assist with relief operations, which are very difficult due to continuing aftershocks (the earthquake), alerts tsunami, and fires.
According to the OCHA report, the Japanese government has confirmed that 2.6 million homes without electricity and 1.4 billion do not have water, while it is running out of gas in 3.2 million households, a situation that is particularly critical due to low temperatures in the country (about 1 degree Celsius last night).
For its part, the vast majority of hospitals have reached the edge of their ability to care for the wounded.
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