HEADS-UP. Major problems at Fukushima Daiichi?

People have observed smoke coming from reactors #5 and #6 - conjecture is that Tepco were removing fuel rods when the earthquake hit.

Fukushima #5 & #6 on fire?

Special Report (25 October 2013) 

Associated Press, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:31p ET (h/t Anonymous tips): 7.3-magnitude quake rocks Japan [...] An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck early Saturday morning off Japan's east coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Japan's emergency agencies declared a tsunami warning for the region that includes the crippled Fukushima nuclear site. [...] NHK reported that Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima plant, ordered workers near the coast to move to higher ground. [...]
‪http://enenews.com/ap-7-3-magnitude-q...



A small tsunami triggered by a quake has hit Japan's eastern coast - where the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is located - but no damage is reported.



The 30cm (1ft) waves reached the region after the 7.1 magnitude tremor struck at a depth of 10km (six miles), about 320km off the coast.

A tsunami alert issued for several areas was later lifted. 
‪http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-..

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(17 October 2013)
The removal of fuel from the undamaged reactor of unit 6 of the Fukushima Daiichi plant began today after workers completed operations to remove the reactor pressure vessel lid and major components.
‪http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-..

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Aftershocks continue : ‪http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake

It is my "Opinion" that #5 and #6 could have had or is having a major problem after this quake. HEADS UP


Fuel removal from undamaged Fukushima reactor

World Nuclear News,

17 October, 2013

The removal of fuel from the undamaged reactor of unit 6 of the Fukushima Daiichi plant began today after workers completed operations to remove the reactor pressure vessel lid and major components.

Workers remove the reactor pressure vessel lid of unit 6 (Image: Tepco)

Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) began work on 17 September to remove the concrete hatch to the reactor compartment. The reactor's containment vessel lid was removed three days later, followed on 5 October by the reactor pressure vessel lid. Since then, the steam dryer and moisture separator have been removed to allow access to the fuel.

Work to remove the fuel from within the reactor started today. All the fuel from the reactor is expected to have been transferred to the site's shared used fuel pool by the end of November.

Reactors 5 and 6, about 200 metres to the north of the damaged units 1 to 4, were shut down for periodic inspections at the time of the earthquake and tsunami and remained safe throughout, although they too lost power for a time.

The operational fate of units 5 and 6 remains unclear, but during a visit to the site last month prime minister Shinzo Abe urged Tepco to decide against trying to restart the two undamaged reactors. Tepco will make a final decision next year on what to do with the units.