Damage at nuclear plants made leaking radiation the primary threat facing a country just beginning to grasp the scale of devastation from the earthquake and tsunami.
Damage at Daiichi
A serious explosion inside the containment building of reactor 2 has reportedly damaged the suppression pool, compromising its ability to cool the fuel core. The primary containment vessel may also have been damaged. Radiation levels have risen.
Firefighters extinguished a blaze that broke out at reactor 4, which reportedly has no fuel in its reactor. However, the building
does house spent fuel, which
must be cooled in water-filled
storage pools. High levels of
radiation were reported
between reactors 3 and 4.
does house spent fuel, which
must be cooled in water-filled
storage pools. High levels of
radiation were reported
between reactors 3 and 4.
Even after hydrogen explosions blew the roofs off the buildings housing reactors 1 and 3, those fuel cores are reportedly stable.
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