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Japan confirms explosion, leakage at nuke plant
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano confirmed on Saturday there has been an explosion and radiation leakage at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s (TEPCO) (9501.T) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
“We are looking into the cause and the situation and we’ll make that public when we have further information,” Edano said.
“At present, we think 10 km evacuation is appropriate.”
Japan earlier in the day warned of a meltdown at a reactor at the plant, damaged when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the northeast coast, but said the risk of radiation contamination was small.
Edano also said that Japan has expanded the evacuation area around the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant. (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Joseph Radford)
9 Comments on "Japan confirms explosion, leakage at nuke plant"
TIKIMAN on Tue, 23rd Oct 2012 4:03 pm
Awwww shit…
Hubbertsfreak on Tue, 23rd Oct 2012 4:12 pm
I’ve seen several stories like this today. Some sources are calling it a hoax. Does anyone have info from a reliable source?
autonomous on Tue, 23rd Oct 2012 5:36 pm
This explosion story seems to originate from a single unconfirmed source. There are no reliable sources confirming this.
BS on Tue, 23rd Oct 2012 7:39 pm
Time for Fukushima scaremongering again…how is that explosion supposed to happen?
MrEnergyCzar on Tue, 23rd Oct 2012 11:07 pm
Maybe a competing energy industry put it out…
MrEnergyCzar
BillT on Wed, 24th Oct 2012 1:42 am
“… FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters)
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano confirmed on Saturday there has been an explosion and radiation leakage at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s (TEPCO) (9501.T) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. …”
It’s very likely that this did happen and that it will be downplayed by the governments.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/145051/japan-warns-radiation-leak-quake.html
“… “We are looking into the cause and the situation and we’ll make that public when we have further information,” Edano said.
“At present, we think 10 km evacuation is appropriate.”
Japan earlier in the day warned of a meltdown at a reactor at the plant, damaged when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the northeast coast, but said the risk of radiation contamination was small….”
Norm on Wed, 24th Oct 2012 7:55 am
somebody flushed a cherry bomb down the toilet.
musbrad on Wed, 24th Oct 2012 1:53 pm
This is not a current event. I do not believe Edano is current cabinet secretary and Fairewinds.com confirmed the event did not happen……this time.
Kenz300 on Wed, 24th Oct 2012 3:00 pm
This is a good example of the limited information coming from TEPCO and Japan’s government regarding the continuing disaster at Fukishima.
This disaster has world wide implications and needs to be monitored by the worlds independent press and the top nuclear experts from around the world.
There is too little reliable information regarding the progress and status of the stabilization and clean up of this disaster.
TEPCO and the nuclear industry was not forthcoming in the initial days of this disaster. They can not be trusted to be open and honest now. There needs to be independent verification of the status and progress.