Nuclear Disaster In Japan -- News Updates March 14, 2011

Japan's Nightmare Gets Even WORSE: All THREE damaged Nuclear Reactors Now In 'Meltdown' At Tsunami-Hit Power Station -- The Daily Mail

* Fuel rods appear to be melting inside three over-heating reactors
* Experts class development as 'partial meltdown'
* Japan calls for U.S. help cooling the reactor
* 180,000 people have been evacuated amid meltdown fears

The Japanese nuclear reactor hit by the tsunami went into 'meltdown' today, as officials admitted that fuel rods appear to be melting inside three damaged reactors.

There is a risk that molten nuclear fuel can melt through the reactor's safety barriers and cause a serious radiation leak.

There have already been explosions inside two over-heating reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, and the fuel rods inside a third were partially exposed as engineers desperately fight to keep them cool after the tsunami knocked out systems.

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More News On Japan's Nuclear Emergency

Meltdown threat rises at Japanese nuclear plant -- Yahoo News/AP
Quake-hit Japan battles to avert radiation leak -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Japan reels as second blast rocks nuclear plant -- Yahoo News/AFP

Japanese Nuclear Reactor Update: Amid Signs Of Progress, New Problems -- Christian Science Monitor
Operators of Japanese nuke plant won't rule out meltdown -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Japan nuclear crisis escalates as third Fukushima reactor faces meltdown -- The Guardian
Exposed fuel rods heighten fears of reactor core meltdown -- Sydney Morning Herald
Japanese workers restart to pump seawater into nuke reactor unit -- Xinhuanet
Japan nuclear plant meltdown risk grows as massive rescue operation continues -- Washington Post
Japan nuclear threat: families flee again as meltdown risk increases -- The Telegraph
Japan nuclear disaster risk seen receding fast -- Reuters
US West Coast: on frontline from nuclear cloud? -- AFP
What will Japanese near reactors face long-term? -- Reuters
Japan's nuclear crisis: regulators warned of reactor risks -- The Guardian
Japan radiation leaks feared as nuclear experts point to possible cover-up -- The Guardian
Why Japan relies on nuclear power -- Wayne Drash, CNN
Iodine tablets: how iodine protects the thyroid from radiation -- L.A. Times