Fears grow over earthquake-hit Japanese nuclear plant
Technicians are battling to stabilise a third reactor at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant, which has been rocked by a second blast in three days.
The fuel rods inside reactor 2 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant have been fully exposed on two separate occasions, raising fears of a meltdown.
Seawater is being pumped into reactor to try to stop the rods overheating and Tokyo has asked the US for assistance in managing the crisis.
Roland Buerk reports.
14 Mar 2011
- From the section Asia-Pacific