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Montevideo, May 3rd 2024 - 18:20 UTC

Tag: Three Mile Island

  • Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 05:33 UTC

    Nuclear emergency and thousands of residents evacuated

    The cooling problems at the Japanese plants raised fears of a repeat of 1979 Three Mile Island accident

    The Japanese government declared a state of emergency at five nuclear reactors as cooling systems failed. Authorities battled Saturday to contain rising pressure at the plants damaged by a massive earthquake and were moving tens of thousands of residents from the area.