Second Explosion at Fukushima Nuclear Power plant

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/14/japan-nuclear-explosion-second-reactor-fukushima

Explosion at Japan nuclear plant

A second reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant has exploded but officials say there is a "low possibility" of a dangerous radiation leak

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• Justin McCurry in Tokyo
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A screen grab taken from live news footage by Japanese public broadcaster NHK on March 14, 2011 shows a collasped building (CR) at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station number three reactor after a hydrogen explosion. Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images

Japan's nuclear crisis has deepened after a second reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant exploded on Monday morning. Officials said there was a low possibility that the blast had released radioactive material into the air. The wall of the building housing the No. 3 reactor collapsed in the explosion, which occurred at 11:01am local time. end quote. Though it is Sunday here in California it is obviously Monday in Japan where the number 3 reactor had a hydrogen explosion. It appears that at least 7 workers there are missing (as in gone in the hydrogen explosion).

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