Temple University officials annouced plans to evacuate American students from their Tokyo Campus after leaking radiations from a damaged Japanese nuclear reactor.
To avacuate the 200 students in the Temple University Tokyo campus a charter flight is arranged due to the fast changing crises at the Fakushima nuclear power generator damaged in the March 11, earthquack and tsunami. About 115 student already have left the Japan on their own, and about 20 student have gone to the southern parts of Japan, according to the University officials.
Avacuation is being made after the State Department Strongly urged U.S. citizens to considering leaving amid the "deteriorating situation" at the Fakushima Nuclear Power Plant.
Temple expects a flight to depart on Sunday, Japan time, its destination uncertain at present.
"We're working on it right now," said an exhausted Bruce Stronach, the Japan campus dean, reached by phone about 1:30 a.m. Tokyo time.
The school has been closed since the earthquake. Plans are to reopen the campus on March 28, but that date is subject to events.
The evacuation is not mandatory. Stronach has elected to stay behind, as have other staff. He was asked if he felt threatened by the radiation emanating from the plant, on the Japanese island of Honshu.
"Threatened, no. Nervous, yes," Stronach said. "I have lived in Japan for 22 of the last 35 years. I have been through many earthquakes. This is, without a doubt, 'the event.' "
Japanese authorities are using helicopters, fire trucks, and police cannons to pour on water, trying to keep the No. 3 reactor and its adjacent spent fuel pool from overheating. The quake damaged four of six reactors.
Four Penn students in Japan are now on their way home, university officials said, as fears of a nuclear meltdown prompt American colleges to bring back students and cancel travel plans for others.
The California State University system is bringing home about 45 students and calling off trips for another 50, and Stanford University announced that all 35 of its students have returned. Students from the University of North Dakota are back, while University of Wisconsin officials gave students the option to evacuate.
Temple University president Ann Weaver Hart credited Stronach and his staff for exemplary handling "of this trying and fast-evolving series of emergencies. They have worked tirelessly to keep our students safe."
To avacuate the 200 students in the Temple University Tokyo campus a charter flight is arranged due to the fast changing crises at the Fakushima nuclear power generator damaged in the March 11, earthquack and tsunami. About 115 student already have left the Japan on their own, and about 20 student have gone to the southern parts of Japan, according to the University officials.Avacuation is being made after the State Department Strongly urged U.S. citizens to considering leaving amid the "deteriorating situation" at the Fakushima Nuclear Power Plant.
Temple expects a flight to depart on Sunday, Japan time, its destination uncertain at present.
"We're working on it right now," said an exhausted Bruce Stronach, the Japan campus dean, reached by phone about 1:30 a.m. Tokyo time.
The school has been closed since the earthquake. Plans are to reopen the campus on March 28, but that date is subject to events.
The evacuation is not mandatory. Stronach has elected to stay behind, as have other staff. He was asked if he felt threatened by the radiation emanating from the plant, on the Japanese island of Honshu.
"Threatened, no. Nervous, yes," Stronach said. "I have lived in Japan for 22 of the last 35 years. I have been through many earthquakes. This is, without a doubt, 'the event.' "
Japanese authorities are using helicopters, fire trucks, and police cannons to pour on water, trying to keep the No. 3 reactor and its adjacent spent fuel pool from overheating. The quake damaged four of six reactors.
Four Penn students in Japan are now on their way home, university officials said, as fears of a nuclear meltdown prompt American colleges to bring back students and cancel travel plans for others.
The California State University system is bringing home about 45 students and calling off trips for another 50, and Stanford University announced that all 35 of its students have returned. Students from the University of North Dakota are back, while University of Wisconsin officials gave students the option to evacuate.
Temple University president Ann Weaver Hart credited Stronach and his staff for exemplary handling "of this trying and fast-evolving series of emergencies. They have worked tirelessly to keep our students safe."
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