NHK: First aerial footage of Fukushima plant since 3/11 — Shows explosion ‘distorted’ No. 3 reactor building

Published: February 26th, 2012 at 2:27 am ET
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Title: NHK shows first aerial footage of Fukushima plant
Source: NHK
Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012 15:02 +0900 (JST)

An NHK helicopter has flown near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the accident occurred last March. [...]

The aerial observation confirmed that the No. 3 reactor building has an exposed steel structure distorted by a hydrogen explosion.

The yellow lid on the nuclear containment vessel was visible in the No. 4 reactor building in which a hydrogen explosion ripped out its walls. [...]

some 10 workers wearing white protective suits were on a crane vessel working to cover the seabed with cement to block radioactive substances from spreading offshore. [...]

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Published: February 26th, 2012 at 2:27 am ET
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