Saturday, March 12, 2011

Video: Nuclear Plant Explodes in Japan



Today's explosion at a nuclear power plant in Japan which was damaged during Friday's earthquake has raised some concerns to the safety of the region. One Report outlines the incident:

CNN Reports, "An explosion at an earthquake-damaged nuclear plant was not caused by damage to the nuclear reactor but by a pumping system that failed as crews tried to bring the reactor's temperature down, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Saturday.

The next step for workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant will be to flood the reactor containment structure with sea water to bring the reactor's temperature down to safe levels, he said. The effort is expected to take two days."


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