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Mnemonic
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Date: March 12, 2011 07:39AM
This is not good in so many ways:
Blast, radiation leak at Japanese nuclear plant
TV footage shows building's crumbled walls; 'We are now trying to analyze what is behind the explosion,' official says
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42044156/ns/world_news-asiapacific/?gt1=43001Additional:
The outer walls of the Fukushima power plant's No. 1 reactor were blown off by a hydrogen explosion Saturday, leaving only a skeletal frame. Officials said four workers at the site received non-life-threatening injuries.
The inner container holding the reactor's fuel rods is not believed to be damaged, said Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, and workers were cooling the facilities with seawater.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-japan-quake-20110313,0,2572097.storyEdited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/12/2011 08:03AM by Mnemonic.