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Title: Japan struggling to 'cool down' nuclear plant, minister says
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CNN
URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.nuclear/index.html
Published: Mar 11, 2011
Author: CNN
Post Date: 2011-03-11 13:46:01 by go65
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Comments: 23
Tokyo (CNN) -- Officials ordered an evacuation Friday of residents living near a Japanese nuclear power plant, saying there has been no sign yet of leaks but indicating a struggle to "cool down" the facility. An 8.9-magnitude earthquake led to cooling problems at one nuclear power plant and a fire at another, both of which were close to the quake's epicenter, government officials said. Late Friday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters that people within 2 to 3 kilometers (1.2 to 1.8 miles) of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant had been told to leave the area. Those farther away - - within 3 to 10 kilometers -- were asked to stay home. Japan's Kyodo News Agency estimated that the evacuation order directly affected about 3,000 people. "This is a precautionary instruction for people to evacuate," Edano said. "There is no radioactive leakage at this moment outside of the facility." U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday that Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan told him there was no evidence so far of radiation leaks from nuclear reactors because of the earthquake and tsunami, an assertion also made by Edano earlier in the day. Yet Edano said the Fukushima Daiichi reactor "remains at a high temperature" because it "cannot cool down." Kyodo reported Friday that the radiation level was rising in a turbine building at the plant.
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#1. To: All (#0)
they may have to release radioactive vapor to avoid a meltdown. Terrible situation.
I want to make a Godzilla joke but it's not funny.
#3. To: Godwinson, go65 (#2)
Godzilla is from nuclear 'theology' in japan. And the water has always been the fear. Fukushima has less than 12 hrs before it supercedes Chernobyl.
No Nukes! Nuclear power is never a good idea.
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