Posted on 03/11/2011 11:27:35 AM PST by americanophile
* Problems not at critical level -local officials quoted
* U.S. Air Force delivers coolant to nuclear plant
* Thousands of residents evacuated as precautionary measure (Adds researchers' quotes, background)
TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - Thousands of residents were evacuated from an area around a nuclear plant in Japan after a powerful earthquake raised fears of a radiation leak, but local officials said problems with the reactor's cooling system were not at a critical level.
There were no signs of a radiation leak, but the U.S. air force delivered coolant to the nuclear plant to avert a disaster within the wider disaster of the biggest earthquake on record to hit the country.
Experts said there could be leakage if water levels in the Fukushima reactor -- some 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo -- fell and the temperature of the nuclear rods rose, but that this danger did not appear to be imminent.
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“For the record, nuclear reactor coolant is water.”
Ultra pure water, I wonder what the conductivity of it is....
I also enjoy it when someone takes time out of their busy day to call me a moron.
that is an interesting video! Yes, it’s serious,
and we don’t know what will happen because it’s still happening!
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