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Nitrogen is often injected into such reactors during normal operations, said Wataru Sugiyama, who teaches at Kinki University's Atomic Energy Research Institute.

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The workers were in protective gear and were taking shorter turns than usual in units 1 and 3 to limit their exposure, agency spokesman Yoshihiro Sugiyama said.

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During a stop in Shinjo city to ask directions, Sugiyama said he had been driving in neutral downhill and cutting the engine at every stoplight to save fuel.

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"The latest disaster showed that the use of seawater as coolant has its own problem," said Wataru Sugiyama , lecturer at Kinki University's Atomic Energy Research Institute.

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Because major highways were reserved for emergency vehicles, Sugiyama began his journey to his girlfriend's city taking back roads on his Suzuki 250cc motorbike.

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Sugiyama, 24, has heard nothing since from Maki Murakami, 21, a hospital employee in Kesennuma, one of the worst-hit cities.

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Miyoko Sugiyama, who lived a few blocks from the beach near the hard-hit city of Sendai, said she was happy to escape with her husband and 14-year-old dog.

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An earlier version incorrectly spelled it as Sugiyama.

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Miyoko Sugiyama , who lived a few blocks from the beach near the hard-hit city of Sendai, said she was happy to escape with her husband and 14-year-old dog.

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I don't know what happened to her; that's why I have to go there, Sugiyama said Monday on the second day of his journey across Honshu, the nation's major island.

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