A strong aftershock in Japan has killed four people and resulted in
toxic radiation contaminated water leakages from a second nuclear power
plant.


The Telegraph UK


A further 100 people were also injured in the 7.4 magnitude aftershock
which shook the Miyagi prefecture region late Thursday night, resulting
in widespread blackouts, motorway closures and swaying buildings as far
away as Tokyo.


As a result of the quake, water leaked out of spent fuel pools at
Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant in northeast Japan, bumping up radiation
levels outside the complex, according to Tohoku Electric Power, its
operators.


The leakages were reported from three reactors at the plant, which was
earlier shut down safely after it was hit by a 43-foot tsunami triggered
by the March 11 earthquake.


"We detected rises in radiation levels inside the reactor buildings, and
are trying to find the locations of the leaks," said an official for
Tohoku Electric Power. "We see changes in radiation levels outside the
reactor buildings."


The aftershock, which was focused on the same region devastated in the
March 11 disasters, triggered an immediate tsunami warning which was
later lifted.


Officials at the earlier damaged ********* Daiichi nuclear power plant
briefly evacuated workers following the aftershock, before continuing
with efforts to restore control at the site.


Workers at the ********* plant are currently involved in injecting
nitrogen into reactor No 1 as a "preventative measure" to prevent the
risk of a hydrogen gas explosion.


Two of the world's largest concrete pumps were reported to be making
their way from the United States to the ********* plant, to help
officials in the attempts to restore crucial cooling functions.

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