Operations marred at Fukushima by smoke at crippled nuke reactors official
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In Japan, emergency workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant have been evacuated from the site after smoke was seen rising from one of the crippled reactors. That's provoked fresh fears of a radiation leak, and potential nuclear meltdown. Engineers have however managed to restore electricity to three reactors, and it's hoped that could enable them to restart the failed cooling systems. That's likely to be crucial to avoiding a crisis turning into a catastrophe. But despite all their efforts, the systems wrecked by the earthquake and tsumani, are not yet operating. Dr Robert Jacobs, professor of nuclear history at the Hiroshima Peace Institute says uncertainy is still surrounding all aspects of the nuclear crisis
In Japan, emergency workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant have been evacuated from the site after smoke was seen rising from one of the crippled reactors. That's provoked fresh fears of a radiation leak, and potential nuclear meltdown. Engineers have however managed to restore electricity to three reactors, and it's hoped that could enable them to restart the failed cooling systems. That's likely to be crucial to avoiding a crisis turning into a catastrophe. But despite all their efforts, the systems wrecked by the earthquake and tsumani, are not yet operating. Dr Robert Jacobs, professor of nuclear history at the Hiroshima Peace Institute says uncertainy is still surrounding all aspects of the nuclear crisis
03/21/2011