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Titolo: Fukushima: "No radiation has leaked"

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110312a4.html
3,000 ordered to evacuate near quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant
Kyodo News
The government declared a state of atomic power emergency Friday after 
the Tohoku region was hit by what is being called the strongest 
earthquake in Japanese history and urged around 3,000 residents near a 
reactor in Fukushima Prefecture to evacuate.
The evacuation advisory was issued for people living within a 3-km 
radius of the plant, while those living within a 10-km radius were 
requested to stay home, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said, adding 
the measure was precautionary.
Edano said one of the reactors cannot be cooled down. He added that no 
radiation has leaked and the incident poses no danger to the environment 
at the moment.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan declared the emergency even though no radiation 
leak has been detected after the magnitude 8.8 quake hit so authorities 
can easily implement emergency relief measures, Edano told a press 
conference. The nation has some 50 nuclear reactors and those in the 
quake-hit zone all reportedly automatically shut down.
In Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency is scrambling for 
details from contacts with Japan's industry ministry, while saying in a 
statement that at least four nuclear power plants "closest to the quake 
have been safely shut down" after the 2:46 p.m. quake.
According to the ministry, 11 reactors were automatically shut down at 
the Onagawa plant, Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 plants and Tokai No. 2 
plant after the temblor, which hit 7 on Japan's intensity scale, which 
is to 7.
But the Fukushima Prefectural Government advised some 2,000 residents in 
a radius of 2 km of the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 plant to 
evacuate, government officials said.
The officials said the operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., reported the 
level of water going down in the reactor.
The problem prompted Motohisa Ikeda, senior vice industry minister, to 
head for Fukushima on Friday evening by Self-Defense Forces helicopter 
to deal with the problem.
Tepco also said the system to cool reactor cores in case of emergency 
stopped at the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors of its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear 
plant.
At the Onagawa plant in Miyagi Prefecture, a fire started at a building 
housing the turbine, the operator, Tohoku Electric Power Co., said, 
denying it detected any signs of radiation leaks.
Water spilled from pools containing fuel rods at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 
plant on the Sea of Japan coast in Niigata Prefecture and the Onagawa 
plant, the operators said, saying they saw no signs suggesting radiation 
leaks.
Hokkaido Electric Power Co. reported no problems at its Tomari No. 1, 
No. 2 and No. 3 plants on the northernmost main island.
There were no immediate signs of any problems at the Hamaoka nuclear 
plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, the prefecture said.
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Nel frattempo e' esplosa, dovresti cambiare il titolo al tread... :(
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