Could it get even worse? Radiation fears rise as second explosion rips through Fukushima nuclear plant
● New blast in unit three at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant
● Eleven workers injured after hydrogen ignited
● Another reactor loses cooling capacity
● 180,000 people have been evacuated from the area
● Engineers desperately trying to cool reactors with sea water
● Up to 160 people so far exposed to radiation
Fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan were heightened today after a second explosion at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi number one plant. A hydrogen explosion rocked Unit three of the plant sending a plume of smoke into the air - as engineers frantically tried to reduce pressure in the overheating reactor. The blast follows a similar explosion at Unit one of the facility on Saturday and another reactor at the plant has also lost its cooling capacity, raising the risk of another explosion. Eleven people, seven plant workers and four army personnel were injured in today's explosion, one of them seriously.
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