TOKYO: A Japanese nuclear power plant exploded on Saturday, triggering a 'nation wide atomic alert "in the countryside Already reeling under the impact of a Giant Tidal waves caused by a massive earthquake Which has left over 1600 people dead or unaccounted for.
The main reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant in northern Japan, 250 kilometers north of Tokyo, exploded this afternoon Leading Thurs radiation leaks injuring four people as the Authorities Told 45.000 residents living within a 10-km radius of the leaking plant Thurs Evacuate Their Homes, Kyodo News Agency reported.
"The plant is experiencing a nuclear meltdown," Japanese Nuclear Scientists CONFIRMED, after Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited the site in a helicopter early today.
Reports said the main building of the plant housing the reactor as well as the outer walls were Blown away in the high intensity explosion Which occurred at 3.30 pm local time (1200 IST) as the cooling water levels dropped alarmingly through evaporation after the quake had occurred Damaged the Main Plant.
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