Japanese officials fear nuclear fusion in partial

A massive earthquake that struck the northeastern coast of Japan on Friday, taking 1,200 lives, with thousands still missing and ten thousand feared dead by police - also damaged several nuclear plants there.

On Sunday, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary said Yukio Edan partial melting in the complex nuclear Fukushima Dai-ichi, probably in progress. Partial melting following an explosion Saturday at a unit complex, where operators are working to cool the reactor core by injecting sea water and boron in the containment vessel.

Also on Sunday, according to Tokyo International Atomic Energy Agency of Japan Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported a state of emergency in the school, Onagawa plant nuclear energy, while its three reactors was maintained under control, warning of emergencies involving radioactivity readings in the area above the permitted levels.

Eric Talmadge and Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press reported:

    "More than 170,000 people had been evacuated as a precautionary measure ... Edan said the radioactivity released into the environment until the time was so small that it posed no health threat. A total collapse - the collapse of a system power plant and its ability to keep temperatures under control - could release uranium and harmful contaminants into the environment and pose major risks, general health. "

As to the frightening prospect of multiple nuclear fusions in the country, millions of Japanese homes still without power, water and food today.

Natural disasters could have caused even greater damage if not for the investments of Japan in the early-warning systems, and constant updating of building codes to deal with earthquakes, especially.

Japan Meteorological Agency warned of strong aftershocks in front, his website suggests 70 percent of earthquakes of magnitude 7 class on March 16, 2011.

As oil prices are skyrocketing, so general, and energy demands are increasing the head of U.S. power, Steven Chu, recently asked Congress to consider an American standard of clean energy, including with nuclear renewable sources like solar and wind energy. The situation in Japan, however, highlights the controversy surrounding the appointment nuclear as a clean energy source.