Latest News

Reactor container intact in Japan's nuke blast

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-03-14 16:39

Related readings:  Second blast at Japan nuke plant  3rd reactor loses cooling at nuke plant  Nuke crisis raises many questions, no easy answers  Japan begins to dig for dead amid nuke crisis

VIENNA - Explosion at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant had not damaged primary containment vessel, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday, quoting Japanese officials.

An IAEA statement said Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) provided the IAEA with further information about the hydrogen explosion, which occurred at the No. 3 reactor Monday following Friday's devastating earthquake.

All personnel at the site were accounted for, and six people were injured in the blast, the Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog said.

The control room of No. 3 reactor remained operational, the statement added.