Mighty earthquake (magnitude 7, 4) happened in Japan lead to damages and new victims. According to preliminary data, 2 people died, 132 were injured. Functioning of 3 nuclear objects was interrupted.
Shocks of earthquake, fixed on North-East of Honshu island have damaged power supply of three nuclear objects. They are: Onagava plant in Miyagi prefecture, 2 of 3 sources of external power supply have fallen out. A leak of radioactive water from two reactors was fixed. Fuel rods are still covered with water. Breaks in power supply were fixed on Higasidori power plant in Aomori prefecture and at the back-end station in Roccasho.
Situation on Fukushima plant has not got worse and remains very difficult: there is explosion hazard.
Hunting at some wild goose species spending winter in Japan (in boggy lands of ill-fated Fukushima) is prohibited on Kamchatka. The birds could irradiate.
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Author: Yulia Buzykina