BREAKING NEWS: Sources say containment breached at Fukushima Dai-ichi plant — NBC

[spanone]

sources tell NBC News the blast breached the container; radiation leaking

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42066534/ns/world_news-asia-pacific/

[calimary]

1. Sigh...

[spanone]

2. i'll see your sigh and raise you two...

:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

[calimary]

4. No shit.

:scared: :banghead: :yoiks:

[Richard D]

10. I'll see your sighs . . .

. . . and raise it by 10 oh shits.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Yep, we have now a breach

[spanone]

13. oh my

[Lone_Star_Dem]

5. ABC was reporting authorities were saying the number 2 reactor's container has been damaged...

Not long after the most recent explosion in that reactor.

It's in this Aussie news feed at 10:06 AM

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/#entry-6a00e0097e4e6888330147e33686b3970b

[Arugula Latte]

6. Terrifying.

Poor Japan, poor world environment. :cry:

[sixmile]

7. CNN reporting a fire in #4 now

What a tragedy.

[Poll_Blind]

8. I just heard Edano say that, almost in passing. But the fire is the big one we want to avoid.

PB

[snagglepuss]

11. Previous post says there is a fire. Can such a fire be stopped?

[Poll_Blind]

16. If it really is a nuclear fuel fire- which we don't know definitively it is- then...

...no. I don't think it can be stopped. Technically, there are substances which might be able to be dumped onto it but with the shape the country is in I doubt even those could be mustered.

From what I understand it's like white phosphorous. It just doesn't quit until it's done. That's what I know, anyway. I am no expert by any means though. But a fuel fire is the worst, AFAIK. I didn't even think that would be a possibility until I started hearing about the spent fuel rods.

And hopefully, hopefully I'm full of shit.

PB

[aquart]

22. We all hope you get your hope.

[aquart]

23. 100 millisieverts will cause infertility.

20-30 km STAY INDOORS. Close windows don't use ventilation equipment. Don't take laundry in that is hanging on the line.

[FreakinDJ]

25. It doesn't quit until it "Disperses"

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Would you volunteer to fight that fire?

It is a regular fire... but still

[Poll_Blind]

18. Edano just said the fire at No. 4 was NOT spent fuel, but there is a fire in the building.

PB

[denem]

19. Reactor ROUR on fire.

[nc4bo]

9. Fire?

The building or the fuel itself?

:scared: I'm praying for Japan and the rest of the world.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. Did he say where, specifically, the fire was located there?

I can't find any information yet on it. :(

[themadstork]

15. oh jeez

This is starting to look pretty bad. : /

[snagglepuss]

20. It looks extremely grim.

Welometo DU. I wish the circumstances were less dire. :hi:

[pokerfan]

14. They just extended the exclusion zone to 30 km

prompting more evacuations.

[ej510]

21. This fuckin sucks. They should've evacuated people the first day.

[aquart]

24. I thought they told them not to go out without protective equipment.

Otherwise stay indoors.