Extensive damage can be seen at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in this new video filmed from a helicopter. (TEPCO)
Whoa. That’s really bad.
All the workers there have suspended their operations. We have urged them to evacuate, and they have.Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano • On the 50 workers who had been fighting the fires and working as a last line of defense at the plant. Apparently the radiation levels got too high and rose rapidly. Hopefully we can find the levels soon. source
Via Stratfor.com:
Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said March 12 that the explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi No. 1 nuclear plant could only have been caused by a meltdown of the reactor core, Japanese daily Nikkei reported. This statement seemed…
An update to our last few posts. Still trying to figure out who those nine people are – residents or workers.
Japan’s Nuclear agency has rated the accident four out of seven on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES). This means “accident with local consequences”.
Three Mile Island was rated 5 while Chernobyl was rated 7.
Japanese television report: White smoke billowing from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.
And here’s video. Thanks as always, ProducerMatthew.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan nuclear safety commission official says meltdown at nuclear power plant possible.
Also:
NHK on air right now is showing the plant live.
NHK is saying that cesium is being detected – which makes them believe that the rods are melting.
The government is asking everyone around the plant to continue to “calmly” evacuate.
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This site shows the current levels of radioactive activity happening at Japan’s nuclear power plants. The four nuclear plants up top are “under survey,” including Fukushima, where the gas is currently getting released. Worth checking out. (thanks econblues2011)
Via BBC: Japanese authorities to release radioactive vapour to ease pressure at Fukushima #nuclear reactor, from AP #Japan
The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant reported an abnormality Friday following a powerful earthquake which hit a wide area in northeastern Japan including Fukushima Prefecture, the industry ministry said.
The system to cool reactor cores in case of emergency stopped at the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors of the plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co., it said.
Anyone mind explaining what this means? Is it as horrific as it sounds?
Because things aren’t already freaking scary, Business Insider threw this into the mix: “There are reports that the Japanese PM will declare a nuclear emergency.”
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