[fred2008]

Are you sure about the link?

By the way, reactor 4 doesn’t have any fuel in it:

“The IAEA can confirm the following information about the status of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant:

Unit 4 was shut down for a routine, planned maintenance outage on 30 November 2010. After the outage, all fuel from the reactor was transferred to the spent fuel pool.

Units 5 and 6 were shut down at the time of the earthquake. Unit 5 was shut down as of 3 January 2011. Unit 6 was shut down as of 14 August 2010. Both reactors are currently loaded with fuel.”

[little jeremiah]

From everything I’ve read about #4, it has spent fuel rods stored in it. Which get very hot when not covered with water, which apparently they are not.

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

CNN: TEPCO: New fire discovered in the NE corner of reactor 4 building at Fukushima Daiichi plant

CNN: Helicopter being readied to fight fire

[buzzer]

Sorry wrong link.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/us-japan-quake-fire-idUSTRE72E95H20110315