Hereze escribió:Confirman que una segunda central nuclear presenta problemas de fugas radioactivas.
Las dos se encuentran en Fukushima, la que ha tenido el "escape" es Fukushima I, en el reactor número 1 (de los seis que tieen). Y se informa que Fukushima II tiene problemas de refrigeración en tres de sus reactores (tiene cuatro), y se encuentran a unos 11 km de distancia, ambos en la costa.
Radiation could already have leaked at nuke plant
TOKYO, March 12, Kyodo
Radioactive substances could already have leaked at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit northern Japan, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday.
The amount of radiation reached around 1,000 times the normal level in the control room of the No. 1 reactor of the plant, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency also said. The discovery suggests radioactive steam could spread around the facility.
The agency also said radiation has been more than eight times the normal level at a monitoring post near the main gate of the plant.
The authorities expanded the evacuation area for residents in the vicinity of the plant from a 3-kilometer radius to 10 km on the orders of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who plans to visit the facility later Saturday.
==Kyodo
URGENT: Cooling system fails at Fukushima No. 2 plant
TOKYO, March 12, Kyodo
The cooling system failed at three reactors of the quake-hit Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant Saturday, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
The company, which has already scrambled to deal with radiation leaks at its Fukushima No. 1 plant, notified the industry ministry that the failsafe system at the No. 2 plant stopped functioning as the temperature of coolant water has topped 100 C.
Eso sí, en ningún momento, de suceder, pasaría como en Chernobyl, son centrales muy diferentes y los problemas asociados no llegarían a ser tan debastadores como en el caso de la central ucraniana. Además de que existe información contínua sobre lo que está sucediendo, y no se informa días después de lo sucedido.