And, yes, I DO take it personally: Spent fuel storage pond on fire at Fukushima

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Spent fuel storage pond on fire at Fukushima

words fail...

Japan has told the UN nuclear watchdog a spent fuel storage pond was on fire at an earthquake-stricken reactor and radioactivity was being released "directly" into the atmosphere, the Vienna-based agency said.

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Closer to the Japan's capital, radiation levels in the city of Maebashi, 100 km (60 miles) north Tokyo, were up to 10 times normal on Tuesday, Kyodo news agency said, quoting the city government.

Japan's prime minister warned on Tuesday that radioactive levels had become high around an earthquake-stricken nuclear power plant after explosions at two reactors, adding that the risk of more radioactive leakage was rising.

we're witnessing a real global nightmare...

Labels: earthquake tsunami, fuel rods, Fukushima, Japan, nuclear emergency, nuclear meltdown, nuclear radiation, spent nuclear fuel