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Fire in Japanese reactor extinguished, IAEA says
Mar 11, 2011, 12:55 GMT
Vienna - The fire in the Japanese nuclear power plant of Onagawa has been extinguished, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported Friday.
The fire had broken out after a magnitude-8.9 earthquake struck the north-east of the country.
Based on information from Japan's nuclear safety agency, the Vienna-based IAEA confirmed that an high alert level has been declared for the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, although no radiation release has been detected there.
Five nuclear reactors have shut down automatically following the massive tremor.
Winds are blowing away from Japan's eastern coast where the affected plants are located, the IAEA said.
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