Grayish smoke seen billowing from Fukushima No. 3 reactor building
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JAC on 3/21/2011, 5:32 am
TOKYO, March 21, Kyodo
Grayish smoke was seen billowing from a building that houses the No. 3 reactor of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station on Monday, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
After the smoke was spotted at the southeast of the building around 3:55 p.m., TEPCO said it had temporarily evacuated its workers from the site as it assessed the situation.
The amount of smoke later decreased, TEPCO added.
Following a magnitude 9.0 quake and ensuing tsunami on March 11, cooling functions of the No. 3 reactor were lost and its core is believed to have partially melted.
At present, coolant water is pumped into the reactor and a pool for spent nuclear fuel. The roof and upper walls of the building that houses the No. 3 reactor were blown off by a hydrogen explosion last week.
On Sunday, pressure in the No. 3 reactor's containment vessel temporarily rose, but it later stabilized.
==Kyodo
http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/79925.html
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