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Engineers Find Nuclear Meltdown At Fukushima Plant

Posted by timothy on from the that's-not-got-much-meltdown-in-it dept.

fysdt writes "Engineers from the Tokyo Electric Power company (Tepco) entered the No.1 reactor at the end of last week for the first time and saw the top five feet or so of the core's 13ft-long fuel rods had been exposed to the air and melted down. Previously, Tepco believed that the core of the reactor was submerged in enough water to keep it stable and that only 55 per cent of the core had been damaged."

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  1. He would never agree to that by publiclurker · · Score: 1, Troll

    People like roman don't care how many people die as long as he does not have to actually put a face to the numbers.

  2. Re:The "I Told You So" Thread? by spun · · Score: 1, Troll

    I love that this is touted as being due to "extreme circumstances," as if there were nothing different that could have been done, like, oh I don't know, listen to these guys?

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