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N.J. nuclear plant on alert as state struggles to cope with Sandy’s surge
America’s oldest nuclear power plant is on alert after waters from a colossal storm reached high levels.
Oyster Creek in Lacey Township, New Jersey, was already offline for regular maintenance before Sandy, a superstorm downgraded Monday night from a hurricane, slammed the East Coast.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says an “unusual event” was declared around 7 p.m. when water reached a high level. The situation was upgraded less than two hours later to an “alert,” the second-lowest in a four-tiered warning system. (REUTERS/Gary Hershorn)
Photos of the day
The Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant is seen in the early morning hours March 28, 2011 in Middletown, Pennsylvania. Demonstrators gathered at the 32nd annual vigil in remembrance of the disaster at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant, to remember the accident, in which Unit #1’s core melted down on March 28, 1979. This year’s vigil was dedicated to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. (Photo Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)
Japan Earthquake Graphic: The newly expanded nuclear evacuation zone
With the discovery of radioactive water at a second reactor at the Fukushima nuclear complex, the fear of a possible meltdown and of serious contamination of the countryside northeast of Tokyo has escalated.
Highly radioactive water leaks from Japanese nuclear plant
Highly radioactive water has leaked from a reactor at Japan’s crippled nuclear complex, the plant’s operator said on Monday, while environmental group Greenpeace said it had detected high levels of radiation outside an exclusion zone.
Photos: Japan reels after deadly quake
Officials in protective gear check for signs of radiation on children who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama, March 13. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)
Graphic: Japan radiation spread a reasonable fear
Graphic: Diasaster in Japan — The Wave
Graphic: Diasaster in Japan — The Quake
Graphic: Japan radiation spread a reasonable fear
Radiation leaked from an earthquake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan on Saturday after a blast blew off the roof, and authorities prepared to distribute iodine to local people to protect them from exposure.
