Another explosion at #2 reactor

TOKYO | Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:04pm EDT (Reuters) - Smoke or steam rising from the crippled No.2 reactor in northeastern Japan could be coming from the spent fuel pool or from an explosion in the suppression chamber, the nuclear safety agency said on Friday.

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can anyone confirm? I cannot locate anything more regarding Thursday March 17th and a potential explosion of steam or

18 March 2011 Last updated at 05:31 ET Share this pageFacebookTwitterShareEmailPrint Japan earthquake: Fukushima nuclear alert level raised Japan has raised the accident level at a stricken nuclear plant from four to five on a seven-point international scale of gravity for atomic accidents.

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Can't find anything constant from one source to another over here on it. I live in Japan at the moment and am constantly looking for news on it.

Confirmation of loud sounds at unit 2 this morning came from the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA). It noted that "the suppression chamber may be damaged." It is not clear that the 6am sounds were explosions in the usual sense.

WNN