Fukushima (Japan) Nuclear Power Plant Explosion 12 March 2011

Some short pieces of reporting from BBC and Sky News this morning, obtained between 9:00 and 9:30am GMT, mostly reporting on the news of a large explosion at Japan’s ‘Number One’ Nuclear Power Plant, following the catastophic earthquake yesterday. Also some other clips that aid in summarizing, in snapshot form, the incredible destruction caused by the quake.

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