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Tokyo (AFP) March 12, 2011 At least three residents evacuated from a Japanese town near a quake-hit nuclear plant have been exposed to radiation, media reports said Saturday. The three were randomly chosen for examination out of some 90 bedridden patients moved from a hospital in the town of Futaba-machi, public broadcaster NHK reported. The patients had waited for rescuers on a school ground, spending a long time outside and then being moved by helicopter at the time when an explosion hit the ageing Fukushima No. 1 plant, NHK said, citing the Fukushima local government. The explosion sent plumes of smoke spewing from the nuclear power plant Saturday, raising fears of a possible meltdown a day after a massive quake struck the facility's cooling system. The government declared an atomic emergency and said tens of thousands of people living within 20 kilometres (12 miles) of the plant should leave. The operator of the nuclear plant said the container surrounding the reactor was not damaged despite the explosion.
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Japan nuclear mishap among worst ever: US expertWashington (AFP) March 12, 2011 A US nuclear expert said Saturday that the accident at a Japanese nuclear reactor was one of the three worst in history, and could become a "complete disaster" if it goes to a full meltdown. "This is going to go down in history as one of the three greatest nuclear incidents if it stops now," Joseph Cirincione, the head of the Ploughshares Fund, said in an interview on CNN. "If it continu ... read more |
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