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TOKYO — Japanese officials say the nuclear fuel rods appear to be melting inside all three of the most troubled nuclear reactors.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Monday: “Although we ...
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said fuel rods may be melting inside a nuclear reactor, heightening the danger of a meltdown as engineers struggle to stabilize the plant damaged by the biggest earthquake ...
Japanese officials said nuclear fuel rods appear to be melting inside all three of the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano: “Although we cannot ...
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)—the company that runs the Fukushima nuclear plants—says that 70% of the fuel rods have been damaged on the reactor 1 and 33% have been damaged on reactor 2.
A nuclear reactor in the Fukushima Dai-Ichi power station about 220 kilometers (140 miles) north of Tokyo may be starting to melt down after Japan’s biggest earthquake on record hit the area ...
During a nuclear reaction, fuel rods generate a tremendous amount of heat. After most of the fuel has been used, the rods are removed from the reactor and kept in a separate cooling pool nearby.
Tokyo - Japanese officials say the nuclear fuel rods appear to be melting inside all three of the most troubled nuclear reactors. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Monday: "Although we ...
Japanese officials say the nuclear fuel rods appear to be melting inside all three of the most troubled nuclear reactors. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Monday: "Although we cannot ...
Official: Rods likely melting in Japanese reactors Published: Mar. 14, 2011, 1:40 p.m. Japanese officials say the nuclear fuel rods appear to be melting inside all three of the most troubled ...
Rods likely melting in Japanese reactors, official says Germany, Switzerland suspend plant plans by The Associated Press | March 14, 2011 at 10:36 a.m. by The Associated Press | March 14, 2011 at ...