3rd Major Explosion at Fukushima Nuclear Plant (NUCL)

Areal photograph on the left is of the damaged facility. Notice the roofs are missing from the containment building(s) reactors #2 and #3. It is still not clear whether or not the containment vessels have been breached.

What is known is the fuel rods have been come exposed multiple times because pumps used to inject the sea water have been having fueling issues.


(Cnn writes) -  "Yukio Edano, Japan's chief Cabinet secretary, said he could not rule out the possibility of a meltdown at all three troubled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.

While sea water was being pumped into the reactors in an effort to prevent further damage, "It cannot necessarily be called a stable situation," Edano said early Tuesday."

In my opinion it is time for the authorities in Japan to start telling the whole damn story, this is not just an issue with Japan this is quickly becoming a world wide issue as radiation reaches the jet stream. Think Chernobyl ... 

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