Engineers are trying to fix the cooling system of one of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear powerplant’s reactors, which were damaged by the earthquake. The authorities had earlier told some 3,000 residents living within 3km (1.9 miles) to leave. Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan has just announced that residents living within 10km (6.2 miles) of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station must evacuate their homes, according to the Kyodo news agency.

Engineers are trying to fix the cooling system of one of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear powerplant’s reactors, which were damaged by the earthquake. The authorities had earlier told some 3,000 residents living within 3km (1.9 miles) to leave.

Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan has just announced that residents living within 10km (6.2 miles) of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station must evacuate their homes, according to the Kyodo news agency.