Fukushima: DOE says 70 percent of the unit 1 core damaged one-third of the unit 2 meltdown

Fukushima: DOE says 70 percent of the unit 1 core damaged, a third of meltdown of unit 2Xeni Jardin at 8:42 PM Friday, Apr 1, 2011

Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel Laureate in physics, said us today, that 70 percent of the core of the reactor No. 1 in the Prefecture of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan damage hard hit has suffered. In addition, the DOE said reactor No. 2 suffered a 33 percent meltdown. , Chu water which is based on available information the cores of the damaged reactors now and this pool of spent fuel are top of the reactor building now "under control." (New York Times)

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