Not good news
An explosion was heard Tuesday morning at the Japanese nuclear reactor that has been of greatest concern in the wake of the country’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, which damaged the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.
The cause of the explosion at Unit 2 and the conditions at the site weren’t immediately clear, but the news heightened anxiety over the precarious state of the facility.
The fuel rods in all three of the most troubled Japanese nuclear reactors — each of which lost its cooling system in Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami — appear to be melting, the nation’s chief government spokesman said earlier Monday.
