Sur le site d'Huffington Post:
Japanese military helicopters dumped loads of seawater onto a stricken nuclear reactor Thursday, trying to avoid full meltdowns as plant operators said they were close to finishing a new power line that could restore cooling systems and ease the crisis.
Meanwhile, Japan's trade minister Banri Kaieda warned of an "unscheduled, large-scale blackout" in Tokyo and surrounding areas if demand for energy exceeds this morning's, Reuters reports. Due to increasingly cold temperatures, this morning's power demand already almost reached capacity, even though electricity demand usually peaks later in the day.
According to Japan's Kyodo News, Kaieda's warning came despite Tokyo Electric Power Company's implementation of "rolling blackouts" for the fourth day in a row. An estimated ten million households will be affected by the rationing. The country's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry has also requested train operators reduce the number of vehicles running during evening commuter hours in an effort to curb energy usage.
U.S. officials in Washington, meanwhile, warned that the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in northeastern Japan may be on the verge of spewing more radioactive material because water was gone from a storage pool that keeps spent nuclear fuel rods from overheating.
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