Japanese Agency: Explosion Heard At Nuclear Plant
Plant's Cooling Systems Crippled
Posted: 11:14 am PDT March 14, 2011Updated: 4:32 pm PDT March 14, 2011
TOKYO -- Japan's nuclear safety agency says an explosion has been heard at Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. An agency spokesman speaking Tuesday on national television said the explosion was heard at 6:10 a.m. (2110 GMT).No other details were immediately announced.The troubles at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex began when Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan's northeast knocked out power, crippling cooling systems needed to keep nuclear fuel from melting down.
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