Risk of Meltdown Spreads at Japanese Plant
TOKYO — Japan faced the likelihood of a catastrophic nuclear accident Tuesday morning, as an explosion at the most crippled of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station damaged its crucial steel containment structure, emergency workers were withdrawn from the plant, and much larger emissions of radioactive materials appeared immiment, according to official statements and industry executives informed about the developments.
terrifying. "likelihood of a catastrophic nuclear accident"... that's not supposed to happen in real life. that's supposed to happen in bad summer blockbusters with nic cage and a wise-cracking, been-there/done-that older mentor/boss figure who busts balls but has a heart of gold and sheds a tear when the countdown to the accident is approaching zero and he realizes he's about to lose the son that he never had because his biological son was actually killed in a science experiment gone wrong during the first year of his Ph.D. program and he almost can't bear to see history repeating itself...
but in that make believe world, everything turns out ok. i'm hoping and praying for the best with our japanese brothers and sisters.
(this is how i cope with apocalypse-type events)
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