Earthquake hits Fukushima news.yahoo/-5-3-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan-s-fukushima-184440374.html The tremors were felt in 17 prefectures around Japan causing buildings to shake in the capital Tokyo, 175 kilometers away, an Agence France Presse reporter in the Japanese capital said. Just hours before the quake, Shinzo Abe, the Japanese Prime Minister ordered TEPCO to shut down all six reactors at Fukushima, including two, which were not damaged in the 2011 disaster. The 2011 disaster caused three reactors to melt and damaged a fuel cooling pool at another. TEPCO officials have acknowledged that radiation-contaminated groundwater has been pouring into the Pacific Ocean since soon after the meltdowns and that attempts to collect and store contaminated water have been unsuccessful. rt/news/fukushima-plant-quake-nuclear-094/ The plant, which is still unstable and is leaking radioactive water, still poses an imminent threat. salon/2013/09/19/another_earthquake_just_struck_near_fukushimas_damaged_nuclear_plant/singleton/
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 22:59:06 +0000
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