Japan earthquake
Live updates of developments after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, selected by Reuters.com editors and readers. To see updates from Reuters only, click "Options" and turn off comments.
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Here are some more developments on the situation in Japan www.reuters.com -
Power company TEPCO says it has lost the ability to control reactor pressure at Fukushima No. 1 and No.2 reactors. A spokesman said pressure is stable inside the reactors but is rising in the containment vessels. He said it is not known if there will be a need to release pressure at the plant at this point. That would involve a release of radiation.
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Helen, the only "coolant" that the reactor uses is water. The U.S. Military did not deliver water to the Japanese. Someone did not prepare Secretary Clinton to speak, and made her look foolish. The U.S. has delivered generators to the power plant to provide power to the COOLING PUMPS. That will aid in cooling the reactor. There is no magic "coolant" that we miraculously delivered. -
What happens when a reactor loses coolant? Read the facts here www.reuters.com
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I'm sitting in a power plant right now. Power plants don't use coolent other thatn water. It sounds like the Feed Water pumps aren't running at capacity because they are on battery power. The only way to cool the reactor is to get the feed water pumps running. Or some how put portable one on line but ive never heard of that being down before.
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@Helen Just for the sake of clarity: there are two Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants. Plant I (Dai-Ishi) has six reactors and Plant II (Dai-Ni) four. My understanding is that reactor 1 of plant 1 has had cooling issues very early on and is the one everybody reported about for the last couple of hours. Unfortunally now plant 2 has 3 reactors where they are starting to have cooling issues. So which plant are you talking about when you say that the No. 1 et No.2 reactors are having issues?
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In our story, Tokyo Electric Power said it had lost its ability to control pressure in some of the reactors of a second nuclear power plant at its quake-hit Fukushima facility in northeastern Japan. www.reuters.com
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And in our development snapshot here www.reuters.com TEPCO is referring to pressure in the Daiichi plant.
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Chile has upgraded a tsunami alert for its coastline and remote Easter Island territory after waves from the devastating earthquake hit Hawaii, and said it would evacuate flood-prone areas along the mainland coast. www.reuters.com
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Japan warns of a possible radiation leak as authorities battle to contain rising pressure at two nuclear plants damaged by the huge earthquake, but said thousands of residents in the area had already been moved out of harm's way.
Pressure is building in reactors of two plants at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) Fukushima facility, located 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo. At one of them, the Daiichi plant, pressure was set to released soon, which could result in a radiation leak, officials said. Read more here www.reuters.com -
Rescue services are searching for a 25-year-old man who was swept out to sea while standing on a sandbar at the mouth of the Klamath River in California.
Thousands of people fled their homes along the California coast as a tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in Japan began hitting the U.S. West Coast after rolling through Hawaii.
But the giant wall of water appeared to have lost much of its energy as it roared thousands of miles (km) across the Pacific Ocean toward North America, according to initial reports from officials in the United States, Mexico and Canada. www.reuters.com -
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Analysts say Japanese officials may only have hours to cool reactors disabled by the earthquake and tsunami or face a nuclear meltdown. www.reuters.com
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According to the NHK World Newsline broadcast, pressure from the numbre 1 reactor of the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant was released at 09:00am JST (00:00GMT) and residents located within a 3 km radius of the Fukushima No.2 Nuclear Plant have been ordered to evacuate while residents located from 3 to 10 km are requested to remain alert. The Fukushima No.2 Nuclear Plant is located approximately 11.5 km south of the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant.
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After checking earthquake.usgs.gov for "Latest Earthquakes M5.0+ in the World - Past 7 days" I am astounded that nobody is reporting on the fact that there have been already 120 AFTERSHOCKS at 5.0 and stronger since the 8.9 tembler - and this is in less than 24 hours. Surely these ongoing aftershocks continue to weaken buidlings (reactors) and morale. -
Prime Minister Naoto Kan ordered an evacuation zone around the plant be expanded to 10 km (6 miles) from 3 km. Some 3,000 people had earlier been moved out of harm's way. www.reuters.com
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@ Tim Randall japan.person-finder.appspot.com here is the site that google turned on today here you can start search for people lost in yesterday disaster.
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BBC is reporting that New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, whose country is dealing with the aftermath of its own earthquake crisis in Christchurch, confirms a rescue team will be sent to Japan. He says: "It's likely that the complete team of 48 will be leaving within the next 24 to 48 hours. We want to offer whatever support we can."
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A ship lifted up into a town by a tsunami following an earthquake is seen in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 12, 2011. Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed at least 1,000 people. REUTERS/Kyodo
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Japan is scrambling to reduce pressure in two nuclear plants damaged after the huge earthquake and tsunami struck its northeast coast probably killing at least 1,300 people.
A day after the biggest quake on record in Japan, the government said it was still too early to grasp the full extent of damage or casualties. The confirmed death toll so far is almost 300, though media reports say it is at least 1,300.
"Unfortunately, we must be prepared for the number to rise greatly," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters. www.reuters.com -
More than 45 countries have offered to help Japan, the United Nations said. Here is a list of aid offers. www.reuters.com
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The growing risk of a significant radiation leak at two Japanese nuclear power plants threatens to hurt an industry that has enjoyed a rebirth since the Three Mile Island accident in 1979 and the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. Read more on this from our analysts here: www.reuters.com
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