Reinforcements joined the emergency crew struggling with the overheating reactors in north-eastern Japan Friday, the plant's operator said.
The "Fukushima 50," as they have become known, were the only staff left when the Fukushima nuclear plant was evacuated after Friday's magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami took out the cooling systems and the reactors started to overheat.
A total of 120 crew were now on site, a representative of Tokyo Electric Power Company told the German Press Agency dpa.
The reinforcements included specialists from other nuclear companies, he said.
Japan's "Fukushima 50" get reinforcements
Reinforcements joined the emergency crew struggling with the overheating reactors in north-eastern Japan Friday, the plant's operator said.
