#Japan reactor meltdown news full

Nuclear experts say this could pose a challenge. To burn enough plutonium, Japan needs to restart as many as 18 reactors. Ma- A hydrogen explosion reportedly ripped through another reactor at the Japanese nuclear plant where a reactor exploded Saturday, deepening a crisis. The plutonium, as fuel called MOX, will be burned in reactors since the country's nuclear fuel recycling program at Rokkasho in northern Japan has been stalled by technical problems. Japan also faces pressure to use its stockpile of more than 40 tons of weapons-grade plutonium, enough to make 40 to 50 nuclear weapons. Japan invested heavily in its nuclear power program and many communities rely on tax revenues and jobs associated with the plants. Still, the government favors restarting other plants judged to meet the new safety criteria, for both economic and political reasons.

#Japan reactor meltdown news full

A year later, the site remains a toxic wasteland, and only now is the full extent of the catastrophe being revealed. 1 reactor bore the brunt of the damage at the. On March 11, 2011, Japan endured a massive earthquake and tsunami that caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The Fukushima plant went into triple meltdown after the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 that generated devastating tsunami. The Great East Japan Earthquake of magnitude 9.0 at 2.46 pm on Friday 11 March 2011 did considerable damage in the region, and the large tsunami it created. Removal of the melted fuel at the plant - the most challenging part of the 30-to-40-year process of shutting it down permanently - will begin only in 2022. Prime minister says Fukushima Reactor 4 a peril to entire region. Police officers and security personnel stand in front of the gate of the Kyushu Electric Power Sendai nuclear power plant as anti-nuclear protesters rally against the restarting of the nuclear reactor. A long, grinding struggle back to normal is underway at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.