Radioactive material leak confirmed in Japan's nuclear plant
Radioactive material leak confirmed in Japan's nuclear plant Japan Earthquake LATEST UPDATE: Japan declares a nuclear emergency after devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake causes cooling systems to fail for five (5) nuclear reactors at two power plants, forcing thousands to flee and technical experts to warn that the plants only have hours to stabilize. 45,000 Evacuated Around Nuclear Plant, Meltdown Threat Grows www.newsmax.com/Headline/nuclear-meltdown-japan-radioactive/2011/03/11/id/389221 Radioactive material leak confirmed in Japan's nuclear plant www.china.org.cn/world/japan_earthquake/2011-03/12/content_22118605.htm Japan Nuclear Meltdown? punditpress.blogspot.com/search/label/News TOKYO -- Japan declared states of emergency for five nuclear reactors at two power plants after the units lost cooling ability in the aftermath of Friday's powerful earthquake. Thousands of residents were evacuated as workers struggled to get the reactors under control to prevent meltdowns. Operators at the Fukushima Daiichi plant's Unit 1 scrambled ferociously to tamp down heat and pressure inside the reactor after the 8.9 magnitude quake and the tsunami that followed cut off electricity to the site and disabled emergency generators, knocking out the main cooling system. www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/11/japan-issues-emergency-nuke-plant-leak/
