The latest from TEPCO - the company says the cooling system for storage pool for spent nuclear fuel at No. 3 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi plant has been halted
That's via Reuters headline
Japan chief cabinet secretary Suga, news conference (Headlines via Bloomberg):
- No radiation release from Dai-NI cooling system halt
- No immediate danger of radiation leak from Fukushima
1 metre tsunami has hit Fukushima ... UPDATE and clarification from the comments (thanks Yuki: Hit the beach. Hit the seawall. But one meter obviously did NOT "hit the plant".)
Daini nuclear plant
More on the cooling system halt
- Temp have hit around 27 degree (C), danger area is 65 and above
- Temps 28.7 ... rising slowly ... 0.2 degree higher in past hour
- Company says would take a week to hit upper limit
more to come
Initial quake M6.9 (was preliminary reported at 7.3):
tsunami warnings:
NHK have a live link available here
- The advice to evacuate is still in effect, leave coastal areas and riversides immediately.
- And stay in the evacuation areas until the warning is cleared
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Earlier:
- Tokyo earthquake reports - Japan prelim magnitude 7.3 - off Fukushima
- Japan earthquake - No abnormality found at Onagawa nuclear power plant
- Japan earthquake - more - tsunami alert, nuclear plants said to be OK
- Japan earthquake update - tsunami advisory still in effect - multiple aftershocks