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Emergency Response Bulletin No. 3 (15 March 2011 9:00 AM)

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  • The DOST-PNRI is continuously closely monitoring the situation of the Fukushima-Daiichi Power Plants;
  • The IAEA Incident and Emergency Center has informed that an explosion was heard at Fukishima Daiichi Unit 2 at 2:10 UTC on March 14. The report also states that there is a possibility the suppression chamber may have been damaged due to this explosion. Further details are being awaited.
  • All 4 Units of the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants are still in shutdown condition;
  • At unit 1, plant operators were able to restore a residual heat remover system now being used to cool down the reactor core. Efforts are in progress to maintain cold shutdown of the reactor;
  • A hydrogen gas explosion that destroyed the roof of Unit 3 reactor building took place but there has been no notable change in the radiation levels observed in the boundaries of the power plants;
  • There is no scientific and technical basis that radioactive plume or nuclear fall-out from Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants will hit the territory of the Philippines within the next 24 hours;
  • Wind projection according to PAG-ASA states that wind in the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants is heading East of Japan towards the Pacific Coast and is definitely going thousands of kilometers away from the Philippine territorial seas as of 15 March 2011;
  • The public is strongly advised to call the PNRI trunklines with Tel Nos. 929-6010 to 19 and 920-8787 or refer to the DOST (www.dost.gov.ph), PNRI website (www.pnri.dost.gov.ph) and STII (swww.stii.dost.gov.ph) for further advisories.
  • The public is also advised to access the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) website for the latest development (www.iaea.org) of the incident. The IAEA is considered the international watchdog which issues verified information about the events happening in Fukushima.