{"id":349227,"date":"2011-03-30T07:58:41","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T07:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/japan-to-scrap-stricken-reactors\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T07:58:41","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T07:58:41","slug":"japan-to-scrap-stricken-reactors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/japan-to-scrap-stricken-reactors\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan to scrap stricken reactors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"47.070615034169\">\n    \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>30 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>03:58 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Japan is to decommission four stricken reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator says.<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) made the announcement three weeks after failing to bring reactors 1 &#8211; 4 under control. Locals would be consulted on reactors 5 and 6 which were shut down safely.<\/p>\n<p>Harmful levels of radioactivity have been detected in the area. <\/p>\n<p>More than 11,000 people are known to have been killed by the devastating 11 March earthquake and tsunami.<\/p>\n<p>Tepco chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata said it was inevitable reactors 1 &#8211; 4 would be scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake and tsunami damaged the nuclear plant&#8217;s power supply, leading to a failure of the cooling systems.<\/p>\n<p>Since then engineers have been battling to cool down the core of the reactors using seawater &#8211; but the operation has failed to stop radioactive leaks.<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s Prime Minister Naoto Kan has said the country is on &#8220;maximum alert&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Tepco has been accused of a lack of transparency and failing to provide information promptly. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-asia-pacific-12903725\" title=\"Japan to scrap stricken reactors\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Japan to scrap stricken reactors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 30 March 2011 Last updated at 03:58 ET Japan is to decommission four stricken reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator says. 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