Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reported that the U.S. Military was rushing Nuclear coolant to Japan because of failed cooling system in North Eastern Japan Nuclear plant. Let's hope we don't have another Chernobyl in the next few days or weeks. It seems both the main cooling system failed because of lack of electricity and then the backup diesel powered system failed because the diesel engine was flooded by water. So, both regular and backup system failed for cooling. Now coolant is being rushed by air to Japan from the U.S.
later: here is something I found the evening of the 13th of March that might be helpful in understanding all this better:
Wikipedia: Fukushima I nuclear accidents
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