TEPCO to open second Fukushima reactor building

[kristopher]

TEPCO to open second Fukushima reactor building
(AFP) – 10 hours ago

TOKYO — Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it will open a second reactor building at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to send repair crews inside for the first time since it was crippled.

Of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, reactors one to four were heavily damaged by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and deadly tsunami on March 11.

Last month, TEPCO opened a door for the structure housing reactor number one, and began work to build a system to cool it stably.

Junichi Matsumoto, TEPCO's nuclear official said the entrance to the reactor number two building would slowly be opened from Sunday evening "to make sure dust inside the building will not fly away".

"We believe this action should ...

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The article also discusses recent polling on nuclear power in Japan.

[flamingdem]

1. More spew into the environment and lies about the amount .. nt

[Karenina]

2. Open up the window, let some air into this room

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKaQzQAlNn4