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Concerns over nuclear plant safety high after major quake in Japan (2) |
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20:15, July 18, 2007 |
Mayor of Kashiwazaki, where the plant is located, issued an order Wednesday to Tokyo Electric Power Co. to suspend the operation of the nuclear plant.
In Kuala Lumpur, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei said Wednesday that the U.N nuclear watchdog will be ready to join Japan in investigating the incidents at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant.
"Japan needs to go into full investigation of the structure, of the systems, of the components of the reactor," he told reporters during a visit to Malaysia.
No direct harm to humans or the environment has been confirmed till now. However, for those 19 households living about a kilometer away from the nuclear power complex, the risk of a nuclear leak has become something like a taboo, which they would rather avoid mentioning at all.
Source: Xinhua
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