Japan nuke plants to add vents, other safety steps

Originally published: June 14, 2011 9:42 AM
Updated: June 14, 2011 12:01 PM
By The Associated Press  MARI YAMAGUCHI (Associated Press)

Quick ReadJapan nuclear plants to add rooftop vents, other measures to cope with severe accidents

Photo credit: AP | Danish Crown Prince Frederik puts on an origami, or folded paper, helmet made and presented by children during his visit to Akai Minami Nursery School in Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Frederik, currently on a three-day visit to Japan, became the first foreign royal figure to visit the northeastern Japan badly damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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(AP) -- The operator of Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant said Tuesday it is installing rooftop vents and taking additional safety measures at two other plants to help cope with any severe accident in the future.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it will add vents to seven reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in north-central Japan to prevent devastating hydrogen explosions like those...