Japan suspends work at stricken nuclear plant

The situation with the Japanese nuclear reactors is going from bad to worse.  Or perhaps its worse to extreme.  Not much we on the other side of the Pacific can do but pray for a miracle.

From the news articles:

Japan suspended operations to keep its stricken nuclear plant from melting down Wednesday after surging radiation made it too dangerous to stay. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the workers dousing the reactors in a frantic effort to cool them needed to withdraw. "The workers cannot carry out even minimal work at the plant now," Edano said. "Because of the radiation risk we are on standby."

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Workers were ordered to withdraw briefly from a stricken Japanese nuclear power plant on Wednesday after radiation levels surged, Kyodo news reported, a development that suggested the crisis was spiralling out of control. Just hours earlier another fire broke out at the earthquake-crippled plant, which has sent low levels of radiation wafting into Tokyo in the past 24 hours, triggering both fear in the capital and international alarm.

Japan suspends work at stricken nuclear plant

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake

Workers briefly abandon Japan plant after radiation surge

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/16/us-japan-quake-idUSTRE72A0SS20110316