Japan nuclear agency; TEPCO mulls lowering pressure in reactor | Energy & Oil | Reuters

Mar. 12 , 2011 (Reuters) - Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co is considering taking measures to lower the pressure in a container in the No.1 reactor of its quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant, a spokesman at the country's nuclear safety watchdog said on Saturday.

A spokesman for the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said, however, that it was unknown whether radiation levels were high in the container, which is inside a turbine building.

He declined to comment on how the pressure would be lowered and whether it would involve the release of radiation.

see video ▬► HERE

Japan nuclear agency; TEPCO mulls lowering pressure in reactor | Energy & Oil | Reuters