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SINGAPORE, March 12 (Reuters) – An explosion blew the roof off an unstable nuclear reactor north of Tokyo on Saturday and a government official confirmed a radiation leak had occurred at the plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) , following an earthquake.
The number of those who died following yesterday’s powerful earthquake and the quake-generated tidal wave has exceeded 1,000. But no foreign nationals died in the disaster, the Foreign Ministry says in a statement in Tokyo. Other almost 2,000 people have been listed as missing…
They are saying that this could be very serious. Lets hope not…
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- Japan declares emergency at nuke plant (vanguardngr.com)
- Reactor cooling equipment fails at TEPCO (tipggita32.wordpress.com)
- Japan: Radiation leak confirmed, meltdown fears, evacuation near nuclear plant widens (UPDATED) (boingboing.net)
- Japan warns of meltdown at quake-hit plant: Kyodo (marketwatch.com)
- Japan trying to fix nuclear plant cooling problem – Reuters (news.google.com)
- Japan Quake: Nuclear Power Emergency (news.sky.com)