Tokyo, May 16 (IANS) The operator of the Onagawa nuclear power station in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, said that it will halt the facility’s No. 2 reactor after radioactive steam was detected within its turbine building. Tohoku Electric Power Co. on Friday said a small amount of radioactive steam was found in the reactor unit’s turbine building at around 5:10 p.m. local time, adding no radioactive materials had leaked into the environment and that the halt was for inspection purposes.T…
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Tokyo, April 20 (IANS) Tsunami waves were observed off Iwate and Aomori prefectures in the Pacific Ocean after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the Sanriku coast in northeastern Japan Monday afternoon. Tsunami warnings were issued for Aomori, Iwate prefectures and Hokkaido on the Pacific coast by the country’s weather agency. It also forecast tsunami waves of up to three metres are to arrive immediately.Kuji Port in Iwate Prefecture recorded an 80-cm wave, reported Xinhua news agency.“A…