Saturday, March 19, 2011

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT STABLE -- DFA


by Cristina Lee-Pisco, Journal Online
nuclearTHE Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Vienna reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated that the current situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant units 1, 2 and 3, whose cores have suffered damage, appears to be relatively stable. 

In a briefing to the diplomatic mission in Vienna, the IAEA said sea water is being injected into all three units using fire extinguishing hoses. Containment pressures are fluctuating. Military helicopters carried out four water drops over Unit 3.
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