Published: April 08, 2011
Another Quake Hits Japan
Another 7.1-magnitude earthquake hits Japan.
The United Nations atomic agency reported that the 7.1-magnitude earthquake did not change the status of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, but the temblor caused interruption of the power supply to a different nuclear plant and a uranium enrichment facility.
"NISA [Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency] confirms that no changes have been observed at the on-site radiation monitoring posts" at Fukushima Daiichi, the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in an update following today's quake. The injection of [cooling] water into the reactor pressure vessels of Units 1, 2 and 3 was not interrupted."-IAEA
The epicentre of the earthquake was 20 kilometres from the Onagawa nuclear power plant and about 120 kilometres from the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants, according to IAEA.
Source: United Nations
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