Work resumed early Tuesday morning to inject seawater into a troubled reactor unit at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after a steam vent of the pressure container was opened, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
Fuel rods became fully exposed again at the No. 2 reactor late Monday night after workers recovered water levels to cover half of them in a bid to prevent overheating, according to the utility.
A series of troubles have been reported at the nuclear power plant in a Pacific coast region in Fukushima Prefecture following a massive tsunami triggered by a catastrophic earthquake on Friday.
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