Tokyo: Work to restore the cooling system of reactor 3 at Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been resumed, reports say.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company had suspended work after a plume of black smoke was seen from the overheating reactor on Wednesday afternoon.
Radiation has contaminated Tokyo’s water supply and food produced nearby.
The science ministry has begun to monitor levels of radioactive iodine and caesium in soil, water and air around the plant to determine the extent of the contamination, and how it will affect the farming and fishing industries.
There were also reports that shops in the capital had run out of bottled water, after Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara said that levels of radioactive iodine in tap water were more than twice what is considered safe for babies.
Concern is growing among Japan’s neighbours. Australia has become the latest country to ban food imports from the affected region.
Tepco, the operator of Fukushima Daiichi, said it had allowed work to resume on reactor 3 on Thursday morning because it was certain it was safe for workers to return, the official Kyodo news agency reported.
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