Massive Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan

[Mr Khan]

Mr Khan said:

darthdevidem01 said:

I have some very bad news (all times given below arr British time...right now its 15:33 at time of posting this post):

1521: Fears of a partial meltdown at the Fukushima plant would appear to be growing, as Kyodo news agency reports that fuel rods in number 2 reactor are again "fully exposed".

1513: Water level in reactor 2 at Fukushima has fallen again, AFP now reporting citing Japanese media.

1507: Nuclear fuel rods have been exposed again at the Fukushima plant, Kyodo news is reporting. More on this as we get it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

Nuclear Meltdown map thingy:

They seem to be able to maintain water levels in there as we speak. They had not resorted to pumping in seawater into Reactor 2 (in an effort to save it, as seawater essentially kills the reactor dead: cyanide rather than anesthetic) before this point, which they will do now, which will probably lead to a third explosion, but not a full-scale meltdown

Quoting myself to say that i called it, at least as far as a third explosion went. Unit 2 has now suffered an explosion as well, though they're not calling it a hydrogen explosion, i'm pretty sure that's what it is, as if it were a proper meltdown explosion we would have definitely heard of it as such.

This last explosion is good news in a way, as it has led to the final reversal in pressure buildup at the affected nuclear reactors, which they should know be able to bring under control