Radiation readings at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant have been falling on Friday morning, according to Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. Measurements taken about a kilometer from the plant were 279.4 microsieverts per hour, vs. 292.2 microsieverts per hour on Thursday evening.
Chief government spokesman Yukio Edano's news conference-- he says officials are still working to evaluate the results of water spraying at the Fukushima Daiichi power station. He says operations to try to cool Reactor 3 will resume on Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which operates the plant, is still trying to restore power to the site, Mr Edano says. A cable has been run to the site.
Japanese officials are planning to restart water-spraying at Fukushima later on Friday, Kyodo reports. The restoration of electricity at Fukushima's reactors 3 and 4 is expected on Sunday.
Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is to meet Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday afternoon, Kyodo reports.
(Tokyo stocks ended the morning trading session up 1.77%.)
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Chief government spokesman Yukio Edano's news conference-- he says officials are still working to evaluate the results of water spraying at the Fukushima Daiichi power station. He says operations to try to cool Reactor 3 will resume on Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which operates the plant, is still trying to restore power to the site, Mr Edano says. A cable has been run to the site.
Japanese officials are planning to restart water-spraying at Fukushima later on Friday, Kyodo reports. The restoration of electricity at Fukushima's reactors 3 and 4 is expected on Sunday.
Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is to meet Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday afternoon, Kyodo reports.
(Tokyo stocks ended the morning trading session up 1.77%.)
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Could one of the reactors have been put on line after they realized the back up power diesel generators were disabled by the Tsunami? If so, then they over reacted by not using one of the reactors as power. If another shock wave took it off power then one of the other reactors could have been prepared in turn until the diesel engines were fixed or other powers lines were put in place. Was total shutoff the right position without power backup?
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