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Breaking News Alert: Explosion rocks Japanese nuclear power plant March 12, 2011 5:10:15 AM
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031103673.html?wpisrc=nl_natlalertAn explosion rocked one of Japan's nuclear power plants Saturday, causing a portion of a building to crumble, sending white smoke billowing into the air and prompting Japanese officials to warn those in the vicinity to cover their mouths and stay indoors.
In what may be
the most serious nuclear power crisis since the Chernobyl disaster, the explosion followed large tremors at the Fukushima Daiichi number one reactor Saturday afternoon, injuring four workers who were struggling to get the quake-stricken unit under control.
