Japan using gas to avoid explosion at nuclear plant

Japan using gas to avoid explosion at nuclear plant
Tokyo (AFP) April 7, 2011 - Workers at Japan's stricken nuclear plant on Thursday pumped nitrogen gas into a crippled reactor in a bid to contain the world's worst atomic accident for 25 years and prevent a possible explosion. With the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant approaching its fourth week, operator Tokyo Electric Power said it was concerned a build-up of hydrogen gas at the No. 1 reactor could cause another ... more