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Monday, March 14, 2011

Update: Explosions At Fukushima 1- Reactor 3

Column of smoke escaping from Reactor 3 at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant - Japanese TV.

"Hydrogen blast occurs at Fukushima nuke plant's No 3 reactor" - Kyodo News.

Just to remind you: there were fears of a meltdown at Reactor 3 on Sunday.  An explosion occurred at Reactor 1 on Saturday but the core was reportedly not exposed.

There were two explosions at Reactor 3, the operator Tepco says

"We believe it was a hydrogen explosion. It is not immediately known if it affected the reactor" - nuclear safety agency spokesman Ryo Miyake.

The wall of a building collapsed as a result of the blast(s) at Reactor 3

Reactor 3 withstood the explosion(s), its operator says

Japanese government spokesman Yukio Edano has just spoken on TV. Says that water injection at Reactor 3 seems to be continuing, and the containment vessel is still safe.

Mr Edano said major radiation leaks were unlikely from Reactor 3.

BBC

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