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That’s video of an explosion this morning at the Fukushima 1 nuclear plant in Japan. The explosion didn’t actually cause a meltdown, but it has caused fears of a meltdown to heighten:
Officials ordered the evacuation zone around the plant expanded from a 10km radius to 20km. BBC correspondent Nick Ravenscroft said police stopped him 60km from the Fukushima-Daiichi plant.
Japan’s nuclear agency said earlier on Saturday that radioactive caesium and iodine had been detected near the number one reactor of the power station.
The agency said this could indicate that containers of uranium fuel inside the reactor may have begun melting.
With four nuclear plants at risk, all eyes will continue to be on Japan and the aftermath from yesterday’s earthquake. Hopefully disaster can be adverted when it comes to these plants. Given the power consumption of Japan, I’m not sure how many plants they can stand to lose.