Fukushima, TEPCO: "Fuel zone in reactors 2 and 3"

In addition to a reactor, including the fuel rods of unit number 2 and 3 of the central Fukushima accused the partial melting as a result of damage caused by the earthquake of 11 March. It 's the TEPCO, nuclear plant operator, to announce and, updating the previous assessment that only the number 1 reactor was concerned "criticality", the damage now extends to all three active reactors with fuel at the time of the disaster .

Japan, the new shock terremotoEvacuata central Fukushima

An earthquake of 6.6 degrees - and not 7.1 as stated at the beginning - hit Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. The government has maintained immediately after the tsunami warning. The nuclear power plant in Fukushima - at 81 km from the epicenter - was evacuated, although the company that operates the plant has made it known that the new earthquake has caused more damage.

The electricity, at first jumped, was restored in less than an hour. His delivery is necessary for the operation of the plant to cool the reactors. The quake came exactly one month after the earthquake of magnitude 9 and the subsequent tsunami that devastated the north-east of the country, shook buildings in Tokyo and caused 27 thousand victims.

Japan, Fukushima after emergency in other central

Increases to four the number of nuclear power stations are running into problems. All those located along the coast. Tokai A cooling system was completely blocked for several hours. Then one of the three generators has begun to function properly while the other two are in distress. The plant is the same where September 30, 1999 occurred the previous worst nuclear accident in the death of three employees.