Heavy explosion at Japan's nuclear power plant

Japan’s nuclear and industrial safety agency has said that biggest earthquake and tsunami ruined the plant’s cooling system and a white smoke is spreading out in the surrounding areas after a blast in the plant. Four workers were wounded by the blast at Fukushima Daiichi plant. Immediately it was not cleared whether the blast was occurred inside the plant or the outside. The injured workers were working to cool a nuclear reactor at the plant by entering water into its core, said Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The agency added that there was stronger possibility that the radioactive cesium monitors perceived by the melting of a fuel rod at the plant, and the engineers were continuing to cool the fuel rods by pushing water around them.

One expert said though this is serious situation but may not be linked to the problems inside the plant's nuclear reactor.

Malcolm Grimston, associate fellow for energy, environment and development at London's Chatham House said, other effects of the tsunami may have resulted the blast. He said it’s a problematic situation but it does not mean major nuclear contagion.

The agency said there was a strong possibility that the radioactive cesium monitors detected was caused by the melting of a fuel rod at the plant, adding that engineers were continuing to cool the fuel rods by pushing water around them. The atomic material has flowed out of one of the five nuclear reactors at the Daiichi plant, situated about 160 miles (260 kilometers) north of Tokyo, said a spokesman for Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Agency. The authorities are trying to evacuate the people those are living 10 kilometers from the reactor after hitting the earthquake and tsunami and another Tokyo Electric Power Company nuclear plant in Japan's Fukushima region.

Robert Alvarez, a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington said, this situation may become a cause of destruction and mainly it is race against time. Nobody knows what has happened and the plant operators are not capable to cool down the core of at least two reactors.

The Kyodo News Agency said, in spite of the evacuation from the area, the nuclear safety emphasized that there is neither any radiation at the plant nor an immediate danger to the residents of surrounding areas.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said that the quake and tsunami thumped out a Daiichi reactor's off-site power source, which is utilized only to cool down the radioactive material inside. Then, the tsunami waves immobilize the backup source i.e. diesel generators and experts were working to find these working.

Earlier on Japanese authorities have also said that the cooling system had also futile at three of four reactors at the Fukushima Daini plant situated in another town in northeaster Japan's Fukushima region.

Janie Eudy told that her husband was working at the Daiichi plant and was wounded by falling and shattering glass when the quake hit. Their managers have ordered to all evacuate, the tsunami waves hit and washed buildings from the surrounding areas. She said, to me it felt like a hell adding her husband a resident of Pineville Louisiana lastly ran away.

The Japanese company reported that about 1 million nationals were without electricity, and power shortage was created by the destroying of the company’s facilities. The company said we request to all the consumers to cooperate for lesser usage of power.