Financial Times
Published: March 13 2011 21:58 GMT | Last updated: March 14 2011
Japan issued a call for international reinforcement in its battle to prevent a potential nuclear disaster amid signs that a third reactor had gone into partial meltdown on Monday at the Fukushima power plant crippled by last week’s devastating earthquake.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Japan had requested “expert missions” to help tackle the escalating nuclear crisis. In Washington, the White House said two officials from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission were already in Tokyo giving assistance.
Yukiya Amano, a veteran Japanese diplomat who heads the IAEA, said the agency was discussing details with Tokyo. He said: “The nuclear plants have been shaken, flooded and cut off from electricity. Operators have suffered personal tragedies.”
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