[India News]: Chennai, Dec 26 : The nuclear power plant at Kalpakkam near here was shut down Sunday after rising seawater entered the reactor campus in the wake of a massive earthquake in Indonesia.
"MAPS II, a 250MW unit, was shut down on Sunday morning as a precaution," said an official of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India.
There were, however, no reports of damage to the plant or radiation leak, Aajtak TV news channel said.
BANGKOK, Thailand -- (UPDATE) A Malaysian husband and wife were killed diving in the famous Emerald Cave off Thailand's southern coast Sunday when a huge tsunami struck the kingdom, but the remaining 80 who had been trapped were rescued, police said.
"A Malaysian couple has died but we have rescued the remaining 80 tourists who had been trapped in there from the tidal wave," a police man in Trang province told Agence France-Presse.
Authorities had dispatched emergency rescue teams to Mook Island, the site of the limestone grotto which tourists must swim underwater to reach.
The 80-metrer-long grotto, whose waters shimmer an emerald color from sunshine which filters through a hole in the top, is a popular attraction for dive enthusiasts who visit Thailand by the thousands every year.