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[Noel7]

This is a really frightening story that's developing.

The Washington Post has a good introductory article here:

<h1 style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Japanese nuclear reactor in peril</h1>

Japanese authorities and the U.S. military on Saturday were racing to find ways to deliver new backup generators or batteries to a nuclear power reactor whose cooling facilities have been crippled by a loss of power as a result of the earthquake.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031103673.html

Additional coverage here:

<h1>Japan earthquake: nuclear disaster fears as reactor overheats</h1> <h2>Japan was battling to avoid a nuclear disaster after a reactor was critically damaged by the country’s biggest earthquake.</h2>

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8377506/Japan-earthquake-nuclear-disaster-fear...