Smoke plumes set back Japan's efforts to contain nuclear crisis
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Clifford Armion
le 22/03/2011
Activer le mode zenDon Lee, Victoria Kim and John M. Glionna
"Reporting from Tokyo, Los Angeles and Senmaya, Japan's battle to control the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima suffered a setback Monday after plumes of smoke rising from two of the six reactor buildings forced an evacuation of repair crews and stalled operations to restore vital cooling systems. "It was unclear early Tuesday what had had produced the smoke, which came from the structures housing reactors No. 2 and 3. But some Japanese scientists said the problems didn't appear to signal a deteriorating situation at Fukushima, where workers had been making progress in the painstaking work to contain the nuclear crisis. "Still, the unexplained black and gray plume, and a temporary increase in radiation levels around the plant on Monday, underscored the still precarious scene at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility, where the March 11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami knocked out the plant's outside power and emergency cooling systems, causing a leak of radiation from multiple sources." Read on...Pour citer cette ressource :
"Smoke plumes set back Japan's efforts to contain nuclear crisis", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), mars 2011. Consulté le 18/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/smoke-plumes-set-back-japan-s-efforts-to-contain-nuclear-crisis