Map showing the Fukushima nuclear plants on the northeastern coast of Japan#39;s main Honshu island. An explosion and feared meltdown at Fukushima nuclear plant No. 1 Saturday exposed the scale of the disaster facing the country after a massive quake and tsunami left more than 1,000 dead. News of the leak was confirmed by the Japanese government after the walls and roof at Fukushima Number 1 nuclear power plant were destroyed in the blast. Plumes of white smoke were sent billowing into the sky

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Japan nuclear meltdown map 2011