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To: carranza2 who wrote (72022)3/15/2011 1:30:17 AM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 219525
 
For the purist contrarian, please stand up, and wager on Tokyo electric.

Looks like the cores melted, given the radiation levels.

zerohedge.com

All hell is currently breaking loose following an explosion at reactor #2 and a another hydrogen explosion at reactor #4 per Kyodo, leading to a 16% drop in Nikkei futures as blind panic grips Japan. Kyodo essentially confirms there was a reactor meltdown as radiation levels at Fukushima 3 are now 400 times legal levels. And topping it all Japan's warning that all people within 30 kilometers from Fukushima should stay indoors and that the radioactive winds may reach Tokyo in as little as 8-10 hours. The BOJ has just intervened to prevent the yen from surging, as the following chart shows