Agency: Uranium fuel may be melting at reactor http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_45.html
The government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says 2 radioactive substances, cesium and radioactive iodine, have been detected near the Number One reactor at the Fukushima Number One nuclear power station.The agency says this indicates that some of the metal containers of uranium fuel may have started melting.
The substances are produced by fuel fission.
University of Tokyo Professor Naoto Sekimura says only a small part of the fuel may have melted and leaked outside.
He called on residents near the power station to stay calm, saying that most of the fuel remains inside the reactor, which has stopped operation and is being cooled.
Saturday, March 12, 2011 15:26 +0900 (JST)
