President Barack Obama has just given an address dealing with the devastation in Japan following last weekend’s massive earthquake, tsunami, and the impending nuclear crisis. Obama said outside the White House that “we are bringing all available resources to bear” to keep tabs on the situation and help American citizens in Japan. The damaged Fukushima [...]
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Even more bad news out of Japan this evening as yet another explosion has occurred at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. This is the third explosion to rock the nuclear reactor in the past four days. The blast comes on the heels of two other hydrogen explosions at the plant, the most recent of which occurred [...]
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There has been a second explosion at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The blast at reactor unit number 3 knocked the roof off a containment building. Eleven workers were injured in the explosion, which also damaged one of the pumps crews have been using to pour sea water onto the fuel rods in an attempt to [...]
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Is a nuclear reactor meltdown taking place in Japan? No one seems to know for sure, but given what the country has already endured since Friday’s devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake, a nuclear meltdown is the last thing anyone wants at this point. According to an official with Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, a meltdown may very [...]
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