Nuclear Alarm in Japan ~ Rainfoxy

Power plant explosions in Japan - Fear of Nuclear catastrophe - 600.000 evacuated - Reactor Meltdown

Updated 20 may 2011 4:24am
TEPCO has released a 2000 page document where they reveal the truth.
contrary to what has been said before situation is more searious

- REACTOR 1 in Fukushima is Fully meltdown
meltdown started 5 hours after earthquake and fullmeltdown after 16 hours

- EARTHQUAKE itself Caused damage to the nuclear plants
initially TEPCO said earthquake did not do the damage but tsunami did
Now TEPCO says that power plants got damaged early by the earthquakes
When earthquake hit vital system was compromised
reactor then auto- shutdown to avoid nuclear reaction.
Cooling only worked for 10 minuts then started to break down
this before tsunami had arrived,

- After the earthquake reactor presure had variation for unknown reason

- An Engineer Shut down some cooling system after the quake
to balance temperature and presure, everything in within normal protocol
but then they did not know Tsunami was arriving.
Later when nuclear plant was evacuated there was no way to manual turn on
the cooling again.

- Uranium is now down inside the vessel there might be cracks
heavy radioactive surrounds the vessel cement protection wall
for now the protecion cement wall is holding

- Water that was sprayed inside reactor has acumulated a 4 meter high and 3000 tons pool of radioactive water under the reactor

- Reactor 2 and 3 can be in the same situation

Updated 3 abr 2011 - 03:15
Radioactive substances may be leaking from fuel rods at a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, the Fukui prefectural government said Monday, noting a rise in the level of radioactive substances in the reactor's coolant water.

Japan Atomic Power Co., the utility firm that operates the Tsuruga nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast, acknowledged "technical difficulties" at the Unit 2 reactor and confirmed a possible leak of radioactive iodine from the reactor's nuclear fuel rods into the coolant system

Tsuruga is one of the 15 nuclear reactors around Wakasa Bay on the west coast of Honshu island, the largest concentration of nuclear power plants in the world.

The accident at Fukushima Daiichi resulted in a nuclear disaster of unprecedented portions in Japan, with hydrogen gas explosions at three of the plant's six reactors that spewed radiation into the air and leaks of highly radioactive water into the Pacific.

And in Fukushima:
Today, workers at Fukushima Daiichi are preparing to install equipment intended to cool down the Unit 1 reactor. Eight workers scheduled to begin installation this week will be the first to enter the reactor building since a hydrogen explosion there on March 12.
From Ens-Newswire

Updated 3 abr 2011 - 03:05
Another nuclear plant in Japan possible leaking radiation:
News reports in Japan speak about a radiation leak from a reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power station, in Fukui Prefecture in the southwest of the country’s main Honshu island. (over 300km almost in straigh line west of fukushima)
Read more here

Leaks of radioactive materials from fuel rods have been suspected at a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, the Fukui prefectural government said
they seen a rise in the level of radioactive substances in coolant water. Tsuruga is well known for fresh quality seafood and a nuclear power plant.
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Updated 12 abr 2011 - 12:29
Japan Rise to the highest alarm level 7
and compare the catastrophy with chernobyl disaster
Japan says that Fukushima Daiichi plants have until now
freed massive quantitys of radioactive radioation
that is a risk to human health and enviroment
Still the radioation is only 10% of the chernobyl
but the radiation could peak over the chernobyl soon

Updated 11 abr 2011 - 10:48
New earthquake hit Japan 7.1 in Fukushima
It was felt in Tokyo making building sway
Tsunami warning issued
Waves 1 meters high now on its way

Updated 8 Abr 2011 - 01:45
A very strong Afterquake 7.4 hit Miyagi today
a Tsunami warning was issued but nothing happend
it did however scare people

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Updated 04 Abr 2011 - 10:40
Tokyo Electric Company will dump 15000 tons of radiation water
in to the sea as a strong security measure
The water, which has been left in several parts of the plant, including those close to reactor cores, has prevented workers from dealing with problems at the plant due to its high level of radiation.

Updated 01 Abr 2011 - 3:07
Members of the Fukushima 50 expect to perish from radiation sickness 'within weeks
Radioactivity levels in the ocean 4,385 times above regulatory limit
Ground water levels are 10,000 times the Government health standard
Fisherman warned not to operate within 12 miles of plant
Power plant President still recovering in hospital recovering from stress
U.S. sends specialist Marine unit to assist in decontamination

The so-called Fukushima 50 are all repeatedly being exposed to dangerously high radioactive levels as they attempt to restore vital cooling systems following the earthquake and tsunami on March 11.
They can die within weeks
they have accepted they will all probably die from radiation sickness in the short term or cancer in the long-term

our of the troubled reactors would have to be shut down for good

Officials have attempted to downplay the dangers posed by the high presence of radioactive isotopes in the water,

Read more in Dailymail newspaper

Updated 01 Abr 2011 - 2:37
Radiation levels 10.000 times more than what normal in reactors
detected in seawater bellow fukushima
Also high levels of ceasium radiation found in meat food in fukushima

Updated 30mar 2011 - 9:40
Alert in Japan after iodine radiation in sea near fukushima is 3355 higher to legal limits.
France will help Japan by sending nuclear experts
and Usa will send some robots

Updated 29mar 2011 - 20:11
Plutonium detected in soil at Fukushima nuke plant
Plutonium has been detected in soil at five locations at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant, Tokyo Electric Power
Plutonium is more toxic than other radioactive substances such as iodine and cesium, but the levels confirmed from soil samples taken at the plant on March 21 and 22 were almost the same as those from the fallout detected in Japan following past nuclear tests by the United States and Russia

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Updated 28 mar 2011 - 8:23
Tepco says the extreme radiation of yesterday was an error

Updated 27 mar 2011 - 13:11
Radiation levels spike near damaged nuclear plant
Radiation levels in pooled water tested in the No. 2 nuclear reactor's turbine building at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are 10 million times normal
a power company official said Sunday.
Japan's nuclear and industrial safety agency reports
the surface water showed 1,000 millisieverts of radiation. By comparison, an individual in a developed country is naturally exposed to 3 millisieverts per year
work there has stopped until the government signs off on the power company's plan to address the issue.

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Updated 26 mar 2011 - 12:39
Iodine Radioactivity in Fukushima sea is now 1250 stronger than permitted
If a person drink Half liter of the water he would be exposed of 1 Milisievert of radiation.
1 Milisievert = the amount of radiation a person that lives 42 days 4700m over the sea by Himalaya would recieve because of the cosmic rays.

As for Tokyo the Radiation level in Water are at the moment inside safety levels to drink.
Still Most shops are out of Stock of Bottlewater in Tokyo
and production have now increased.
Meanwhile the cooling of the reactors continue.

Updated 23 mar 2011 - 10:05
Fukushima: Fresh radiation fears as spent fuel steams
A storage pool of spent fuel has begun to heat up to potentially dangerous levels at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

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Updated 23 mar 2011 - 10:01
Black smoke came out of Reactor 3 today but is now fading

Updated 22 mar 2011 - 13:49
Work to restore power and crucial cooling functions resumed Tuesday morning at the crisis-hit reactors at the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, following suspension Monday after smoke was detected at its No. 2 and No. 3 reactors
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Updated 21 mar 2011 - 10:15
Workers around Reactor 3 at Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant
has been evacuated since Grey smoke is rising from the reactor
Presure seem to have rised

Updated 20 mar 2011 - 10:01
Reactor 3 the most dangerous is stable
water being sprayed on reactor 4
energy now avaible to waterpump

Updated 19 mar 2011 - 20:01
Power cable hooked up to 2 reactors (number 1 and 5?)
Number 3 is stable but still danger of meltdown
Waterpumps yet not working

Updated 19 mar 2011 - 19:55
All 6 Reactors at Fukushima-daichii containt Plutonium:
The fuel rods at all six reactors at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi complex contain plutonium — better known as fuel for nuclear weapons.

Only six percent of the fuel rods at the plant's Unit 3 were a mixture of plutonium-239 and uranium-235 when first put into operation. The fuel in other reactors is only uranium, but even there, plutonium is created during the fission process.

This means the fuel in all of the stricken reactors and spent fuel pools contain plutonium

Plutonium is indeed nasty stuff, especially damaging to lungs and kidneys. It is also less stable than uranium and can more easily spark a dangerous nuclear chain reaction

If plutonium did get out, it wouldn't disappear quickly. Plutonium-239 has a half-life of 25,000 years, meaning it takes that long to lose half of its radioactive potency. Uranium-235 has a half-life of 700 million years

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Updated 19 mar 2011 - 18:13
Radiation in Fukushima now so searious it can Kill people
The boss of the company behind the devastated Japanese nuclear reactor today broke down in tears - as his country finally acknowledged the radiation spewing from the over-heating reactors and fuel rods was enough to kill some citizens

Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency admitted that the disaster was a level 5, which is classified as a crisis causing 'several radiation deaths' by the UN International Atomic Energy.

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Updated 19 mar 2011 - 17:37
Radioactive Iodine found in water in
Tokio, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba y Niigata.

Updated 19 mar 2011 - 10:20
Radioactive plume released reached Southern California (USA) on Friday
heightening concerns that Japan's nuclear disaster was assuming international proportions.
However, the results of testing reflected expectations by International Atomic Energy Agency officials that radiation had dissipated so much by the time it reached the U.S. coastline that it posed no health risk whatsoever to residents.

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Updated 18 mar 2011 - 11:58
Cooling pumps will not be up and running until Saturday

Updated 18 mar 2011 - 11:54
TEPCO asked Japan goverment to evacuate the workers cause of the searious situation
Japan goverment denied this workers has to work until they die of radiation
to save Japan

Updated 18 mar 2011 - 11:43
Situation get worse warning scale increased from 4 to 5
this means it goes BEYOND local consequences

Whats left of Reactor 3:

Updated 18 mar 2011 - 8:17
Enginner at Fukushima daiichi plant has suceeded in conecting
a powercable to reactor nr.2
They hope to start the Cooling pump soon

Updated 18 mar 2011 - 8:03
Firetruck spraying water on reactors again

Updated 17 mar 2011 - 15:46
Nuclear plant Fukushima Daiichi are now conected to electricity network again
they working on getting the cooling pump back online

Updated 17 mar 2011 - 15:45
Spraying the reactor was effective temperature inside plant is going down

Updated 17 mar 2011 - 14:33
White smoke from Reactor 2 now

Updated 17 mar 2011 - 13:03
Firetrucks suspend water spraying
Spraying cause Radiation to go higher

Updated 17 mar 2011 - 12:49
Firetrucks now spraying water on reactors

Updated 17 mar 2011 - 11:04
Map of all Nuclear plants in Japan
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Updated 17 mar 2011 - 10:55
Military Water cannon trucks are getting ready to Spray Reactor 3 with water

Updated 17 mar 2011 - 10:23
Low radioactivity seen heading towards N.America
Say Research director at the Swedish Defense Research Institute
He stressed that the levels were not dangerous for people
From CNBC

Updated 17 mar 2011 - 08:18
Water dumping from Airforce using helicopters is not helping much
they probaly try to buy time until they can reconnect powergrid for cooling

Updated 17 mar 2011 - 05:25
Japan Nuclear Agency says nuke plant could be reconnected to power grid THIS afternoon. For Cooling

Updated 17 mar 2011 - 04:41
Water cannon truck will spray Reactor 3 then get in
and install a electric unit for cooling

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 17:43
Worst case scenario in 48 hours 6 Nuclear reactors in Full meltdown
on the biggest nuclear plant in the world
Total 50+Tons of Plutonium,Uranium

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 17:27
Firetrucks will be used to get water inside

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 17:04
Water helicopters stop dumping water due to high radiation
Reactor 3 the most dangerous being the reactor is plutonium
Japan might ask USA airforce for help
70% of the Fuel rods might have been damaged
1,2,3 Reactor have part of the Core exposed so not enough cooling to stop meltdown

Status of Fukushima-daiichi 6 Reactors:

Reactor 1: in Core there is no cooling and is in
partial meltdown and containment is damaged

Reactor 2: Very little cooling and containment damaged

Reactor 3: Extreme danger contain plutonium, has cooling problems and is in Partial meltdown of core, Containment is also damaged and is releases radioactive particles into the atmosphere. Very high radiation

Reactor 4: Is Critical, has had 2 fires since yesterday
and the water that is cooling it is gone
is so searious the goverment have give the order to fill water immediately
to avoid a mayor catastrophy
Outter wall has a 8 meter large hole so fuelrod pool is exposed to air
so 70% of the Fuel rod are damaged

Reactor 5,6: also now have cooling problems but are stable

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 16:18
Photos of the Reactors as they are now
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Updated 16 mar 2011 - 11:05
Water helicopter retreats because of high radiation in air says NHK
Goverment deny this say they retreat because of bad weather (it started snowing)

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 10:58
There has been rumours a Radioactive cloud is spreading from Japan to other Asian countries. WHO Says those Rumours are False

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 08:58
Water now being dumped from helicopters over the reactors at Fukushima-daiichi

The containment vessel of the quake-hit No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant may have been damaged, Japan's top government spokesman said Wednesday, indicating that radioactive steam may be spreading outside.

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 08:55
The Danger right now is in the Nuclear plant Fukushima-Daiichi
It has 6 Reactors.
Reactor 1,2,3 was in use last week and turned automaticly off during the earthquake
Later have there been explosion in all of them.
Tuesday a Fire broke out in Reactor 4 nuclear Fuel-depot
the smoke leak radioactivity out in atmosphere
Reactor 4,5,6 was turned off when Earthquake hit
but they have nuclear waste in the reactor or fuel rods that need cooling.
Reactor 1 is explosed but contaiment is okey, stabile
Reactor 2 has a partly breach to supresion pool
Reactor 5 and 6 need cooling danger is not iminent but searious.

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 08:15
the reminding workers had to be evacuated outside from Fukushima Nuclear plant
and cooling temporary suspended because Radiation was too high but are back now
radiation has again gone lower
The White smoke we saw earlier is Believed be from reactor 3 because it was so hot
Later a 6.0 Earthquake hit Near Chiba but no damages reported
it was warned about 30 minuts in advance.

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 05:00
Earthquake 6.0 near chiba and Tokyo

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 04:24
EMERGENCY WARNING: Strong earthquake comming up
Chiba, Saitama, Tochigi, Saitama, Ibaraki og Fukushima

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 04:08
BREAKING NEWS: Containment vessels of No.1, No.3 reactors may be damaged

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 03:18
Japan goverment say they dont know why white smokey is comming from No.4

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 02:5O
White smoke comming from near No.4 no flames seen

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 02:34
Fukushima reactor shell breached
THE concrete vessel around the No. 2 reactor at Japan's Fukushima plant, designed to contain radioactive debris, is 'no longer sealed,'
Fuel rods are breaking down and releasing radioactive emissions into the environment
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Updated 16 mar 2011 - 02:25
Partially meltdown of Reactor 2 And 4
Fire in Reactor 4 white radioactive smoke
comming from the power plant

Updated 16 mar 2011 - 15:33
There was a Fire in Reactor 4
2 of the 50 workers inside injured
is in the same building where radioactive used fuel roads
are stored
Fuel rods damage at Fukushima's 2 reactors
estimated at 70%, 33%: TEPCO
confusion if there is some brech in reactor containment

Updated 15 mar 2011 - 08:44
Japan say cooling in Reactor 1 and 3 In fukushima is working so far
cooling water has been suplied and are stable
Reactor 2 is now being provided with cooling water

Updated 15 mar 2011 - 06:20
There was a EXPLOSION at Reactor No.4 and a fire now extinguished
CNN and Other Networks Evacuating in Japan Due to Fallout!!!
yodo News reporting "small amounts"
of above normal levels of radiation detected in Tokyo
Japan Goverment warn people dont go out if living near fukushima

Updated 15 mar 2011 - 03:15
Goverment in Japan adressing Japan now
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Updated 15 mar 2011 - 01:07
After explosion outer containment wall exploded
Metal containment around reactor damaged
would it breach total catastophy might happen
10,000 times normal radition outside of unit
Reports of Sirens sounding now in Tokyo

Updated 15 mar 2011 - 01:02
Japan's nightmare gets even WORSE: All THREE damaged nuclear reactors now in 'meltdown' at tsunami-hit power station Fuel rods appear to be melting inside three over-heating reactors

The Japanese nuclear reactor hit by the tsunami went into 'meltdown' today, as officials admitted that fuel rods appear to be melting inside three damaged reactors.

There is a risk that molten nuclear fuel can melt through the reactor's safety barriers and cause a serious radiation leak.
here have already been explosions inside two over-heating reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, and the fuel rods inside a third were partially exposed as engineers desperately fight to keep them cool after the tsunami knocked out systems.

Updated 15 mar 2011 - 00:35
third explosion raises spectre of nuclear nightmare
New explosion at Fukushima plant, as engineers fought to prevent a meltdown in the second worst nuclear accident in history.
The Japanese nuclear safety agency says explosion heard at Unit 2 of Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Earlier a cloud of radioactive dust billowed from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant after it suffered its second explosion in three days.
Government officials admitted that it was “highly likely” the fuel rods in three separate reactors had started to melt despite repeated efforts to cool them with sea water. Safety officials said they could not rule out a full meltdown
More from Telegraph newspaper

Updated 14 mar 2011 - 23:50
24 Hours Deadline to avoid Total Nuclear Catastrophy in Japan
Reactor 2 in Fukushima-1 is criticial

Kyodo News:
A crisis continued Tuesday at the troubled No. 2 reactor at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, as fuel rods became fully exposed again after workers recovered water levels to cover half of them in a bid to prevent overheating.

Kyodonews

Updated 14 mar 2011 - 14:24
Fukushima No. 2 reactor's fuel rods fully exposed, melting feared
Fuel rods at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. 2 reactor were fully exposed at one point after its cooling functions failed
reactor's core beginning to melt due to overheating.
The rods were exposed as a fire pump to pour seawater into the reactor
to cool it down ran out of fuel,
TEPCO said water levels later recovered to cover 30 centimeters
in the lower parts of the fuel rods
To prevent a possible hydrogen explosion at the No. 2 reactor, TEPCO said it will look into opening a hole in the wall of the building that houses the reactor to release hydrogen.

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Updated 14 mar 2011 - 14:11
Waterpump is working partial again
but there is still problems at Reactor 2

Updated 14 mar 2011 - 14:00
TEPCO Press release MUST WATCH
WATCH VIDEO

Updated 14 mar 2011 - 13:31
Problem in Reactor 2 in Fukushima DANGER OF MELTDOWN
Radioactive steam is now being released
Waterpump for cooling with seawater no longer work
No Coolingwater this create heavy increase in temperature.
when temperature rise over 1100Celcius it creates hydrogen
Presure rise and need to be vented and can make another Hydrogen explosion.

Updated 14 mar 2011 - 10:10
The Pentagon was expected to announce that the aircraft carrier
Ronald Reagen which is sailing in the Pacific, passed through a radioactive cloud from stricken nuclear reactors in Japan
causing crew members on deck to receive a month’s worth of radiation in about an hour

The officials added that American helicopters flying missions about 60 miles north of the damaged reactors became coated with particulate radiation that had to be washed off.

There was no indication that any of the military personnel had experienced ill effects

But the episodes showed that the prevailing winds were picking up radioactive material from crippled reactors in northeastern Japan.
More in New york times

Updated 14 mar 2011 - 9:25
US warships, planes move from Japan's nuclear-crisis coast
U.S. warships and planes helping Japan's earthquake and tsunami relief efforts have moved away from the country's Pacific coast temporarily because of low-level radiation from a stricken nuclear power plant, the U.S. Navy said on Monday.
Read on CNBC

Updated 14 mar 2011 - 8:10
New Explosion in Fukushima-Daiichi reactor No.3
Authorities says it was Hydrogen and no danger for leak
before there has been a explosion in Reactor No.1
and Reactor No.2 is now also failing cooling and can explode

Photo of the New explosion:

Photos of the first explosion

After Quakes continue to Hit Japan doing more damages to the Nuclear power plants. foreigners want to Leave Tokyo in fear

Updated 13 mar 2011 - 19:25
Japan a country with 130 million people get 70% of their power
from 55 Nuclear stations.
Now 4 of those plants are having problem,leaks,meltdowns:
Tokai, Onagawa, Fukishima I and Fuskishima II)

Updated 13 mar 2011 - 18:54
Cooling system pump stops at another nuclear power plant
this time the Tokai nuclear power plant
One of the two cooling system pumps at the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in the village of Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, stopped Friday
Read more in Kyodonews

Earlier Today Onagawa was put in nuclear alert after failures

Updated 13 mar 2011 - 6:53
REACTOR CONTAINER BREACHED Acording STRATFOR - the leader in Global Intelligence
still to be confirmed by other sources
source Stratfor

Updated 13 mar 2011 - 6:23
Photos before/after the Explosion

Updated 13 mar 2011 - 4:53
Partial meltdown at 2 reactor
Japans Crisis grow
Scale of damage almost unimaginable
Read more MSnbc

Updated 13 mar 2011 - 23:25
Michio Kaku famous scientist explain the situation at Reactor no.1
and its explosion:

The reactor first got electricity for cooling knocked out by earthquake
then the tsunami knocked out the reserve-cooling
battery lasted for 8 hours then temperature started to rise.
in this case temperature can rise to 2760 Celcius
it take 30 minuts to some hours for this to happen.
a steam explosion is enough to melt the core.
In a 50% presure over normal they attempted to vent using hydrogen liquid
radiation then raised to 1000 times normal inside the plant
Next hydrogen gas surrounded the reactor
then steam and hydrogen gas exploded
Roof and walls was blown away

Updated 13 mar 2011 - 23:00
Correction is not Both Reactor 2 and 3 that has problem
only 3 instead of 2
So Fukushima has two nuclear plants
Fukushima No.1 has 6 reactors (3 was offline during the quake)
Fukushima No.2 has 4 reactors
I believe the problem is in fukuskima No.2 in reactor 2
where already Reactor 1 has meltdown danger.

Updated 12 mar 2011 - 22:40
Cooling system fails at Fukushima No. 2 plant
The cooling system failed at three reactors of the quake-hit Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant Saturday, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

The company, which has already scrambled to deal with radiation leaks at its Fukushima No. 1 plant, notified the industry ministry that the failsafe system at the No. 2 plant stopped functioning as the temperature of coolant water has topped 100 C.

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Update:
Confirmed that walls and Roof of Fukushima nuclear power plant
have been blown off
it was not in the reactor but some oxygen for the cooling
the containment for the reactor has not been breached
4 workers injured, sealed of area 20km around the nuclar power plant.

But...
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said Saturday afternoon the explosion at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant could only have been caused by a meltdown of the reactor core
Read more Enikkei

Japan is battling to avoid a nuclear disaster after an explosion at a power plant in the aftermath of the country’s biggest earthquake and devastating tsunami.

A huge blast has caused further damage at one of two nuclear power plants which the Japanese government had placed under a state of emergency, compounding fears of a nuclear meltdown.

A loud blast was heard at the plant in Fukushima following a series of aftershocks. White smoke was soon after seen billowing over the plant, 150 miles north of Tokyo.

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Yesterday the radiation level was 1000 times higher than permitted
and some radiactivity gas had to be releaed to relieve pressure.