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Reactor Team Let Pressure Soar.

Authors :
Dvorak, Phred
Smith, Rebecca
Landers, Peter
Source :
Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition. 4/23/2011, Vol. 257 Issue 94, pA1-A12. 2p.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

The article discusses the emergency response of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) to damage at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant caused by a March, 2011 earthquake. TEPCO officials allowed pressure in one of its nuclear reactors to rise far above its designed tolerances before beginning to vent radioactive steam. The delay may have contributed to a subsequent explosion that released radioactive debris into the air.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00999660
Volume :
257
Issue :
94
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
60135012