03-11-2011, 10:37 AM
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Living Legend
Join Date: Aug 2008
Age: 58
Posts: 21,704
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Re: Massive quake hits Japan; Tsunami in Pacific, nations on alert
Here's a good article on the nuclear plant:
Nuclear plant, oil refineries on fire; Japan declares atomic alert | Deccan Chronicle | 2011-03-11
Quote:
Prime Minister Naoto Kan declared the emergency to enable authorities to implement emergency measures. Residents living near plants were not required to take special action, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told a news conference.
"We have declared a nuclear emergency state to take every possible precaution," Edano said. "Let me repeat that there is no radiation leak, nor will there be a leak."
"We ask residents in the areas near power plants to act calmly."
A fire broke out in the turbine building of Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture, but operator Tohoku Electric Power said there were no indications of a radioactive leak, Kyodo News reported.
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