Nuclear reactors continue to fail at power plants in Japan and there is a risk of possible nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, with 80,000 people being evacuated from around the plant. The plant was built to withstand a tsunami and earthquake, with a system of plans to safeguard from a meltdown; however, the situation is a desperate one as fire engines are pumping sea water to cool the reactors. The New York Times’ Hiroko Tabuchi reports from Tokyo with the latest details. Roger Harrabin, environment analyst for the BBC helps to explain what happened at the plants and the efforts to contain any further disaster.
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