Japanese engineers have admitted that they have failed to seal a crack from which highly radioactive water is spilling into the Pacific Ocean from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Officials said a concrete barrier that had been poured in to a maintenance pit at Unit 2 - to seal a recently discovered eight-inch crack in the wall of the reactor - had not successfully stemmed the flow of water. Officials say a renewed inspection of the plant had not uncovered any other leaks, but this was the only good news from a day where it was also revealed that two workers bodies had been found at the plant. The first deaths at the plant were confirmed today by the operator. A 21-year-old and a 24-year-old were believed to be conducting regular checks at the complex when the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami hit on March 11. (Daily Mail)Sunday, 3 April 2011
Japan confirms first two deaths at Fukushima as engineers fail to seal radioactive leak into ocean
Japanese engineers have admitted that they have failed to seal a crack from which highly radioactive water is spilling into the Pacific Ocean from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Officials said a concrete barrier that had been poured in to a maintenance pit at Unit 2 - to seal a recently discovered eight-inch crack in the wall of the reactor - had not successfully stemmed the flow of water. Officials say a renewed inspection of the plant had not uncovered any other leaks, but this was the only good news from a day where it was also revealed that two workers bodies had been found at the plant. The first deaths at the plant were confirmed today by the operator. A 21-year-old and a 24-year-old were believed to be conducting regular checks at the complex when the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami hit on March 11. (Daily Mail)