IEA seeks information on Japan’s nuclear reactors

IEA seeks information on Japan’s nuclear reactors The International Atomic Energy Agency, the world’s nuclear watchdog, said on Friday that it was seeking further details about the situation at a Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which has been hit by the earthquake. Japan has declared a heightened state of alert at the nuclear power plant, which is a boiling water reactor with six units. http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/JI5QST/S3NLI4/72H1GL/FX0ZD0/LE/h?a1=2011&a2=3&a3=14

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