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authorities resume failing cooling operations

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Video – Japan resumes cooling operations. Xinhua | Japan’s Self-Defense Force and firefighting personnel resumed shooting water over the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant on Saturday afternoon, in an effort to cool down the reactor and overheating spent fuel pools. A spokesperson for Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), operator of the faltering Daiichi facility, said a total of 1,260 tons… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : subrealism Discovery Date : 19/03/2011 01:49 Number of articles : 2

authorities resume failing cooling operations

Tokyo nuclear rain radiation effects

CAPTION ADDITION Officials in protective gear check for signs of radiation on children who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama, March 13, 2011. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano confirmed on Saturday there has been an explosion and radiation leakage at Tokyo Electric Power Co#39;s (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The biggest earthquake to hit Japan on record struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami th

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Japan new tsunami warning

Japanese residents gather on higher ground after a new tsunami warning was issued along the coast in Sendai on March 14, 2011. The warning came as an explosion rocked the nearby Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. The blast was felt 30 miles (50 kilometers) away by Associated Press journalists in the coastal town of Soma, where residents fled the town for safety after being herded quickly through muddy, debris-strewn streets. TV footage showed a massive column of smoke belching from the Fu

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