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Japanese officials say THREE reactors have cooling problems
by staff report via fleet - Associated Press Saturday, Mar 12 2011, 6:50pm
international / environment / other press

Japanese struggle to contain nuclear reactors -- real fears of MELTDOWN

Japan (AP) — Cooling systems have failed in three nuclear reactors at the same plant along Japan's northeast coast, following Friday's powerful earthquake and tsunami.

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Authorities have evacuated some 210,000 people within 12 miles of the plant (Fukushima Dai-ichi), located 170 miles northeast of Tokyo.

The first nuclear crisis happened when the building housing one reactor exploded Saturday. The Japanese government says radiation emanated from the plant, and at one point, the plant was releasing each hour the amount of radiation a person normally absorbs from the environment each year.

The reactor itself remained intact, and officials pumped seawater into it to try to avoid disaster.

Then, the cooling systems malfunctioned at two other reactor units. The government says workers tried to ease the pressure from the third problem unit by releasing steam that likely contained small amounts of radiation.

© 2011 Associated Press

[These events offer incontrovertible PROOF that nuclear reactors are extremely unstable and unsafe; notwithstanding their ability to poison the environment for thousands of years.

But the CORPORATISTS and FINANCIAL elites, who have taken control of ALL Western 'democracies,' make PROFITS from the electricity generated by these highly unsafe plants. Until the people exercise their democratic RIGHT and RESTORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, the masses will just have to 'lump it' -- while they glow in the dark. WHAT DOES IT TAKE, PEOPLE?????

The Japanese government is offering 'iodine tablets' to citizens exposed to radiation from the runaway reactors -- perhaps they should also distribute 'paper crucifixes' -- give us and the Japanese people a break!]



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    US Experts Fear 'Chernobyl-like' Crisis for Japan     Ken Maguire via stan     Sun, Mar 13 2011, 7:54pm 
    Second state of emergency declared after radiation recorded at Onagawa plant     staff report via quin     Sun, Mar 13 2011, 7:37am 



 
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