By Alessandro Bracaglia on 30 June 2011 | 3:52 pm
As the months pass since the earthquake and tsunami that hit the North-Eastern coast of Japan on the 11th March 2011, resulting in the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, more details have emerged that give a sense of the true scale of the crisis.
After weeks of uncertainty, TEPCO, the operator of the stricken nuclear plant, confirmed the meltdown of reactors 2 and 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant – not just the number 1 reactor as initially announced. Read more >