Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, May 31, 2011

by Gary Kopycinski on May 31, 2011

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 12 P.M. EDT.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said the use of remote controlled machinery is believed to have caused an oxygen cylinder to explode near reactor 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy facility. The explosion occurred outside of the building that houses reactors at the facility and did not change conditions at the site, the company said.