Japan reports emergency at second nuclear reactor

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Source: AP

Japan's nuclear safety agency is reporting an emergency at a second reactor in the same complex where an explosion had occurred earlier.

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said early Sunday that the cooling system malfunctioned at Unit 3 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. The agency said it was informed of the emergency by Tokyo Electric, the utility which runs the plant.

No further details of the troubles at Unit 3 were immediately available.

An explosion occurred at another reactor in the complex on Saturday, destroying the building housing the reactor and handing authorities an urgent complication amid rescue and relief efforts a day after Friday's earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan's northeastern coast.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake

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1. kick

[IScreamSundays]

2. So is this reactor in meltdown now?

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3. Japan reports emergency at second nuclear reactor

Source: Associated Press

TOKYO —

Japan's nuclear safety agency is reporting an emergency at a second reactor in the same complex where an explosion had occurred earlier.

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said early Sunday that the cooling system malfunctioned at Unit 3 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. The agency said it was informed of the emergency by Tokyo Electric, the utility which runs the plant.

No further details of the troubles at Unit 3 were immediately available.

An explosion occurred at another reactor in the complex on Saturday, destroying the building housing the reactor and handing authorities an urgent complication amid rescue and relief efforts a day after Friday's earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan's northeastern coast.



Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014473724_apasjapanearthquake.html

[Vinee]

4. The hits just keep on coming. nt

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6. this is quickly becoming a nightmare

I cannot keep up with this. It is too much. First this reactor now this other reactor. Which one shall be next dare I suggest?

This should be the end for NUKES I can only hope if not the end of us before them.

In any event, not good, not good at all. :(

:dem:

[RandomThoughts]

5. Here is the thing about that story.

If a reactor goes critical, it goes fast, it doesn't linger for days, it either melts down or doesn't.

It is not a thing that happens over days, except as a news story.


If the cooling fails, the thing melts down, done end of story, if it does not it shuts down. A slow two or three day emergency does not fit into reality. It is ridiculous story time crap.

Think about it, all that has to happen to shut down a reactor is pull the rods, or drop in the radiation absorbing rods.


So the whole story of a problem still happening does not make sense, if there was a problem it already happened, or it is a media narrative.


Or as one poster said, a part of class warfare.


It is hard to believe they would make a reactor that did not have a capability of flooding the chamber in a way that would cold stop a reaction.

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7. it states that this is a "breaking news update"

More info. to follow I assume.

This much we do know:

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

IWAKI, Japan (AP) - An explosion at a nuclear power plant on Japan's devastated coast destroyed a building Saturday and made leaking radiation, or even outright meltdown, the central threat menacing a nation just beginning to grasp the scale of a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

[Peace Patriot]

10. Aftershock stopped the sea water cooling...

See Comment #7 here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4767922

[neoralme]

11. That's what I think too. The media is turning the story to facilitate

the class warfare in progress. I would like to know what has actually happened, but I trust no one.

[tavalon]

12. I hate to quote one of my least favorite people but

while the Japanese have always been fastidious about their nuclear reactors, no one could have anticipated a 9.0 earthquake. Unfortunately, they haven't caught a single break in this situation. And yes, it has already happened and is happening and they are dissembling because their populace is already so terrified, they could have a full breakdown in civil organization if they don't dissemble.

The fact that they are admitting as much as they are means this is FUBAR. The only hope that this won't be three times as bad as Chernobyl is that the Japanese were and are 100 times more careful than the crumbling Soviet Union was. Do you remember those godawful disaster movies in the 70s - they seemed so ludicrous? This is worse.

[dgibby]

8. CNN is reporting

that, according to Japanese officials, a meltdown may be under way. They're talking about it now.

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