WORKS RESUMES ON THE JAPANESE REACTOR DESPITE SMOKE

Gray smoke poured from two nuclear reactor units in Japan yesterday, temporarily halting work to stabilize the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi complex. The cause of the smoke from Units 2 and 3 is still under investigation. Since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami crippled the plant’s cooling systems, both reactors have overheated and seen explosions. Workers have been frantically trying to reconnect power lines and restore cooling systems to bring the plant under control. Trace amounts of radiation have already been detected in certain vegetables and some water supplies.