Monday, March 14, 2011

New, Larger Explosion at Fukushima Nuclear Plant

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This explosion at Reactor #3 looks to be much worse than the previous one at Reactor #1. Close-up at 0:57 in the video:



Note large parts of the building being blown high into the air and falling down.



The explosion occurred at 1101 Monday 14 March JST (0201 Monday UTC, 2201 Sunday EDT)  See http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_earthquake2 for live blog.
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  1. YankeeBubbaMarch 14, 2011 11:00 PM

    These are GE designed reactors and there are 23 similar devices in the U.S. Obama and former GE CEO, current WH Council on Jobs and Development, Jeff Immelt must be so proud!

    http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/13/6256121-general-electric-designed-reactors-in-fukushima-have-23-sisters-in-us

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