The Nikkei is on lunch break and futures have tanked as Armageddon fears grow after two more blasts rocked nuclear plants tonight.
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PM Naoto Kan just finished addressing the nation, and told everyone within a 15-mile radius to stay indoors, as radioactive material spreads.
Radiation fears are now spreading to the Phillipines.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/03/14/11/radiation-coming-our-way-not-probable-says-phivolcs
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Japan's PM says 4th reactor of Fukushima NPP on fire
http://en.rian.ru/world/20110315/163008312.html
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Japan Faces Potential Nuclear Disaster as Radiation Levels Rise
TOKYO — Japan faced the likelihood of a catastrophic nuclear accident Tuesday morning, as an explosion at the most crippled of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station damaged its crucial steel containment structure, emergency workers were withdrawn from the plant, and a fire at a fourth reactor spewed large amounts of radioactive material into the air, according to official statements and industry executives informed about the developments.
“No. 4 is currently burning and we assume radiation is being released. We are trying to put out the fire and cool down the reactor,” the chief government spokesman, Yukio Edano, told a televised press conference. “There were no fuel rods in the reactor, but spent fuel rods are inside.”
Government officials also said the containment structure of the No. 2 reactor had suffered damage during an explosion shortly after 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/world/asia/15nuclear.html?_r=1&hp
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