International Atomic Energy Agency reports radiation release from Japanese nuclear reactor
Japanese authorities also today informed the IAEA at 04:50 CET that the spent fuel storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is on fire and radioactivity is being released directly into the atmosphere.
Japanese Earthquake Update, International Atomic Energy Agency, 15 March 2011 Japanese authorities informed the IAEA that there has been an explosion at the Unit 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. The explosion occurred at around 06:20 on 15 March local Japan time.
Japanese authorities also today informed the IAEA at 04:50 CET that the
spent fuel storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear power plant is on fire and radioactivity is being released directly
into the atmosphere.
Dose rates of up to 400 millisievert per hour have been reported at the
site. Japanese authorities are saying that there is a possibility that the
fire was caused by a hydrogen explosion.
The IAEA is seeking further information on these developments…
http://www.iaea.org/press/
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