TOKYO, March 14 |
(Reuters) - Nuclear fuel rods at a quake-strickenJapanese nuclear reactor are now fully exposed, Jiji news agency said, quoting the plant's operator, Tokyo Eletcric Power Co .
The report referred to the Fukushima Daiichi complex's No.2 reactor, where levels of water coolant around the reactor core had been reported as falling earlier in the day.
The Jiji report said a meltdown of the fuel rods could not be ruled out. A meltdown raises the risk of damage to the reactor vessel and a possible radioactive leak, experts say. (Editing by Mark Bendeich)
TOKYO, March 14 |
(Reuters) - Water levels inside a quake-strickenJapanese nuclear reactor were almost empty on Monday night, said the power plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co .
Earlier, news agency Jiji said a meltdown of fuel rods inside the Fukushima Daiichi complex's No.2 reactor could not be ruled out.
A meltdown raises the risk of damage to the reactor vessel and a possible radioactive leak, experts say.
(Editing by Mark Bendeich
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