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Kyodo, quoting nuclear experts, said radiation
equivalent to 400 times the level to which people can be
exposed in one year was detected near the Fukushima's No.3
reactor, where an explosion had occurred on Monday.
Residents within a 20-km radius of the plant had
already been ordered to vacate the area following Saturday's
hydrogen blast at the plant's No 1 reactor.
TEPCO said that most of the 800 workers had been ordered
out from the stricken reactors, but the utility was continuing
operation with the staff of 50 specialists to pour sea water
into the troubled reactor to prevent it from further over
heating.
"The possibility of a meltdown cannot be ruled out as
the fuel rods have been damaged," TEPCO said.
In Ibaraki prefecture, south of Fukushima, radiation
levels were 100 times higher while in Kanagawa prefecture,
southwest of Tokyo, radiation levels were up by nine times the
normal level.
"A worrisome situation remains but I hope to take the
lead in overcoming this crisis," Kan said. "I will take all
measures so that damage will not expand."
All the four plants at Fukushima are reported to be in
critical stage as the core of the No 1, 2 and 3 reactors are
believed to have partially melted following Friday's 9
magnitude earthquake and giant tsunami waves that have killed
an estimated 10,000 people.
Over 2,000 bodies were found on Monday on two shores in
Miyagi Prefecture, the worst hit by the earthquake and
Tsunami, as Japan continued to struggle to grasp the full
extent of the disaster.
About 1,000 bodies were washed ashore on the
hardest-hit Miyagi's Ojika Peninsula while another 1,000 were
spotted in the town of Minamisanriku where the prefectural
government has been unable to contact about 10,000 people, or
over half the local population.