2011-03-15, 03:13 AM
CommanderJinn Wrote:Plus the 4th reactor, that never had a problem, was on fire.
Apparently 10 hours till low level radiation carried by wind reaches Tokyo...
About 10 minutes later:
3.44am GMT, Fire reported put out Wrote:Prime minister Naoto Kan confirmed a fire burning at unit 4, which, according to all official sources, had never been a safety concern since the earthquake. This reactor was closed for periodic inspections when the earthquake and tsunami hit, therefore did not undergo a rapid and sudden shutdown. It was of course violently shaken and subject to the tsunami.
Kan's spokesman Noriyuki Shikata said that there had been "a sign of leakage" while firefighters were at work, "but we have found out the fuel is not causing the fire." The fire is now reported extinguished.