Russia Today is reporting that massive smoke is pouring from reactor 3 at the Fukushima nuclear plant 1, Monday morning Japan time. People living on Russian territory near Japan have received warnings from Japan about a second melt down.
Video on YouTube shows the reactor 3 explosion is bigger than the reactor 1 blast.
RT is also reporting that there are warnings of an approaching tsunami. Reuters says the claim of an approaching tsunami came from a local Japanese TV station.
Reuters says the announcement of an explosion came from a Japanese nuclear agency official. A Canadian news source says the reactor 3 explosion was felt 40km away. 3 plant workers injured, 7 are missing.
Officials are also trying to determine if high radiation levels in Miyagi Prefecture are from a local nuclear power plant, or is coming from the damaged Fukushima plants.
Despite officials downplaying the threat of radiation contamination, hospitals in Miyagi Prefecture are reporting more and more people coming in with radiation poisoning.
Part of the reason why officials are not strongly concerned about radiation is that winds are blowing towards the Pacific Ocean.
Japanese Self Defense forces are also warning of a tsunami, but Japan’s Meteorlogical Agency says otherwise. Fukushima Prefecture officials claim it could be 3 meters high.