TOKYO (Reuters) - Pressure inside a reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant may have risen to 2.1 times its designed capacity, Japan’s trade ministry said on Saturday, exceeding the 1.5-times level announced a few hours earlier.
Temperatures and pressure at the No.1 reactor have been rising since its cooling system was knocked out by the earthquake, the largest on record in Japan, raising worries about a possible radiation leak.
The company said it was (...)