Number of people affected by radiation goes up to 190.īy late afternoon, government admits that uranium fuel rods in three reactors are melting. Government reassures safety has not been breached. Government admits high radiation level and warns of more. Around two lakh people told to be indoor. But again, no radiation threat, declares government.Įxclusion zone increases to 19 miles from the site. Third reactor gets damaged admit government. Government, for the first time asks the company to provide more accurate information. The Tokyo Electric Power says it is not sure on what was happening in the plant site even as workers are pulled out of it due to high radiation. If it happens cooling system in the reactors can be restored. A rare hope: Japanese officials say an alternative power line is being worked upon. Japanese military helicopters dumped seawater on the damaged reactor of Unit 3 as well as on the spent fuel storage pond of Unit 4.īut, officials disclose that most of the water dispersed in the air. Next 24 hours will be critical for the nuclear crisis in Japan. Japan's nuclear safety agency says it was aware of the ultimate "Chernobyl solution" to contain the nuclear disaster at the quake-hit plant by covering it in sand and encasing it in concrete, but adds that it is currently focusing on efforts to restore power and cool down the reactors. TEPCO says electricity could be restored next day at reactor No 1, 2 and 4. It is believed that there is water in the spent fuel pool at reactor No 3. White smoke seen coming out of the reactor No 2, 3 and 4, the nuclear safety agency says. Engineers attach a power cable to one of the reactors but electricity was not restored. Tests detect radiation above the national safety level in spinach and milk produced near the Fukushima nuclear plant. The sample contains 1.5 becquerals per kg of iodine 131, well below the tolerable limit for food and drink of 300 becquerals per kg. The Japanese government to decide whether to restrict consumption and shipments of food products from near the vicinity of the nuclear complex, after higher-than-normal levels of radiation were found in milk and spinach from the area.Ī sample of tap water from Tokyo shows small levels of radioactive iodine. The agency doing the restoration work says it may take several days to restore power in reactor No 3 and 4. Control room functions, lights and cooling function at reactor No 1 to be restored too. Power cables connected to all six nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co finds traces of radiation in the Pacific sea waters. The government plans to take water samples from the sea to see if the fisheries were at risk. Supermarkets told to sell only two, two-litre water bottles, per customer. The levels exceed safety standards for infants. Radiation from the nuclear power plant has contaminated Tokyo's tap water. Below is a chronology of the events developing in Japan. India, a new and fast growing market for nuclear power, can learn a few lessons from Japan. It is important at a time when the world is getting obsessive with nuclear safety. Tracking it closely means a lot for India as it points out how a nuclear crisis is managed. The current nuclear crisis in Japan is the most critical one after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
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