UPI - Thousands leave after Japan nuke meltdown

[jpak]

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/03/12/Thousands-leave-after-Japan-nuke-meltdown/UPI-79061299930534/

TOKYO, March 12 (UPI) -- Thousands of Japanese were told to evacuate Saturday after a meltdown at an earthquake-damaged nuclear power plant, officials said.

Iodine was distributed to people in the affected area to counter any radiation exposure.

Yukio Edano, the government's top press officer, said an explosion and ensuing meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 plant occurred in the building housing the reactor's container but did not damage the container itself, Kyodo News reported. No increase in radiation levels around the reactor was detected immediately after the blast.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. flooded the reactor with seawater to cool it down in an emergency action that could damage the facility beyond repair, Nikkei reported.

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[doc03]

1. This is starting to look like another Chernobyl n/t

[backwoodsbob]

2. no

actually it's not

[doc03]

3. Maybe worse I don't trust what comes out of the Japanese

government or our government a whole lot more than the USSR.

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