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Japan's Fukushima operator to release more video on disaster
(Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) , the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, has bowed to pressure from the media and government and decided to release more video footage of staff trying to contain the March 2011 crisis.
The footage to be released may shed light on how Tepco dealt with the No. 4 unit's spent fuel pool, the source of most concern at the U.S. nuclear regulator because it was the sole unit to hold all fuel rods without a solid containment.
It may also answer questions about the deliberate release of radioactive water into the sea by Tepco in early April -- more than two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the crisis. Neighbouring countries, including South Korea and China, denounced the release.
"We consider the first month of the disaster as a period of emergency," Tepco said in a statement late on Thursday about the extra footage. It was not clear when it would release the film covering events between March 16 and April 11.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/japan-tepco-video-idUSL4E8JM44H20120907?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews&rpc=401
The footage to be released may shed light on how Tepco dealt with the No. 4 unit's spent fuel pool, the source of most concern at the U.S. nuclear regulator because it was the sole unit to hold all fuel rods without a solid containment.
It may also answer questions about the deliberate release of radioactive water into the sea by Tepco in early April -- more than two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the crisis. Neighbouring countries, including South Korea and China, denounced the release.
"We consider the first month of the disaster as a period of emergency," Tepco said in a statement late on Thursday about the extra footage. It was not clear when it would release the film covering events between March 16 and April 11.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/japan-tepco-video-idUSL4E8JM44H20120907?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews&rpc=401
