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March 13, 2011 08:19 pm GMT
A massive earthquake that struck off Japan's northeastern coast on Friday" taking 1,200 lives, with thousands still unaccounted for and ten thousand feared dead by police " also damaged multiple nuclear power plants there.On Sunday, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said a partial meltdown at the Fukushiman Dai-ichi nuclear complex, was likely under way. The partial meltdown follows a blast on Saturday at one unit of the complex, where operators are working to cool the reactor core by injecting seawater and boron into its containment vessel. Also on Sunday, according to the International Atomic Energy Association Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported a state of emergency at a another facility, the Onagawa nuclear power plant; while its three reactors remained under control, the emergency alert was related to radioactivity readings in the area that exceeded allowable levels.
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Following Earthquake, Japanese Officials Fear Partial Nuclear Meltdown Underway
A massive earthquake that struck off Japan's northeastern coast on Friday" taking 1,200 lives, with thousands still unaccounted for and ten thousand feared dead by police " also damaged multiple nuclear power plants there.On Sunday, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said a partial meltdown at the Fukushiman Dai-ichi nuclear complex, was likely under way. The partial meltdown follows a blast on Saturday at one unit of the complex, where operators are working to cool the reactor core by injecting seawater and boron into its containment vessel. Also on Sunday, according to the International Atomic Energy Association Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported a state of emergency at a another facility, the Onagawa nuclear power plant; while its three reactors remained under control, the emergency alert was related to radioactivity readings in the area that exceeded allowable levels.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/2U1bOmGgOTE/
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