World | Fukushima Daiichi Japan Nuclear Pool Near Boiling Point Work resumes at stricken plant By Rob Quinn Posted Mar 22, 2011 4:45 AM CDT Copied Gray smoke rises from Unit 3 of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan yesterday. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.) Workers resumed efforts to bring Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex under control today but a pool for storing spent fuel at the plant has presented yet another problem, AP reports. A nuclear safety official says the pool is heating up and temperatures are at or near the boiling point. The pool is believed to be the source of steam that has risen from Fukushima's second unit since yesterday and if the water bubbles away, fuel rods will be exposed and more radiation will be released. Smoke from a damaged reactor forced workers to evacuate yesterday. Read These Next There seems to be some friction between Trump and ballroom architect. 2 National Guard members fatally shot near White House. Macaulay Culkin is now officially Macauley Macauley Culkin Culkin. Georgia election interference case tossed in big win for Trump. Report an error