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It now appears that the Japanese government has issued a special nuclear emergency declaration due to earthquake damage at one or more of the 6 Fukushima nuclear plants.
NHK news just carried a news conference where officials state that there has been no radioactive leakage detected, and that all affected plants have been shut down.
However, emergency cooling systems are reportedly disabled or damaged at one or more locations.
No evacuations, or emergency instructions have been issued, and authorities are working to divert electricity to the damaged plants in order to restore their cooling capacity.
For now, while there are concerns over these problems, authorities insist there is presently no danger to the public.
With communications seriously degraded in the wake of the 8.9 Honshu quake, it may be some time before we get a clear idea of the extent of the damage to these plants.
UPDATED:
MSNBC is now carrying the following report on the state of emergency that was declared over cooling system problems at one or more power plants in the earthquake zone.
State of emergency is declared at Japanese nuclear plant
Process for cooling reactor 'not going as planned,' administrator says
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