Comment: Now the 50 workers are gone from the Nuke plant, Japan is giving up? Where the prideful American Nukes, you should be helping or maybe you do not have a clue? No to nukes, no to uranium mining and mining, not needed, not wanted! Nukes have no clue what to do when the stuff hits the fan, a sad, prideful bunch failing....Pray for the people of Japan and surrounding countries. These prideful nukes will be hurting people and my family in Japan will be included!
(AP) – 18 minutes ago
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan suspended operations to prevent a stricken nuclear plant from melting down Wednesday after a surge in radiation made it too dangerous for workers to remain at the facility.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said work on dousing reactors with water was disrupted by the need to withdraw.
Earlier officials said 70 percent of fuel rods at one of the six reactors at the plant were significantly damaged in the aftermath of Friday's calamitous earthquake and tsunami.
News reports said 33 percent of fuel rods were also damaged at another reactor. Officials said they would use helicopters and fire trucks to spray water in a desperate effort to prevent further radiation leaks and to cool down the reactors.
The nuclear crisis has triggered international alarm and partly overshadowed the human tragedy caused by Friday's double disaster, which pulverized Japan's northeastern coastline, killing an estimated 10,000 people.
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