Casey Chan — The Japanese Nuclear situation at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant is ongoing and ever-changing but if you were curious at how and what happened to cause such problems, this NHK video serves as a great explainer (it’s easy to understand, too). The video details the three safety precautions created to cool the nuclear reactor and discusses how all three have failed in some way. A must watch. [CNN via The Awesomer]
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Kat Hannaford — Its being labelled a precautionary measure, but reportedly the Japanese government has issued a state of emergency plea after a cooling system failure atTohoku Electric Power Cos Onagawa nuclear plant. This comes after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan earlier today.According to an administrator at the plant, the situation was “not going as planned,” but that there wasnt any radioactive leakage or damage at the time.Update: A second nuclear facility, the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, is reporting a quake-related mechanical failure affecting its cooling function. No radiation leaks have been detected at the moment, but CNN reports Japanese officials are “bracing for the worst,” and thousands are being urged to evacuate or stay indoors.Japans shut down the four nuclear plants closest to the quakes epicenter to avoid similar failures.
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