REUTERS FLASH: Workers at Japan nuclear plant unable to continue work [View All]

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at reactor no.2 due to high radiation levels - Nuclear safety agency


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Engineers at Japan’s stricken nuclear plant are unable to connect power to one of four damaged reactors, marring progress to cool the fuel rods.

A level of 500 millisieverts per hour "days ago" at the No. 2 reactor turbine forced workers to suspend repairs and they have yet to restart, Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman for the Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, told reporters today. Exposure for 30 minutes at that dosage, the highest reported so far, would reach the maximum radiation limit permitted by Japan’s health ministry.

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