Kyodo News: status of reactors Sunday night in Japan

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Sun Mar-20-11 11:23 AM
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Kyodo News: status of reactors Sunday night in Japan

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/79844.html

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-- Reactor No. 3 (Operation suspended after quake)

Partial melting of core feared, cooling failure, vapor vented, seawater being pumped in, building housing containment of reactor badly damaged by hydrogen explosion, seawater dumped over spent-fuel storage pool by helicopter Thursday, water sprayed at it from ground for four days in a row through Sunday.

-- Reactor No. 4 (Under maintenance when quake struck)

Renewed nuclear chain reaction feared at spent-fuel storage pool, fire at building housing containment of reactor Tuesday and Wednesday, only frame remains of reactor building roof, temperature in the pool reached 84 C on March 14, water sprayed at pool on Sunday.

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Sun Mar-20-11 11:27 AM
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1. This is a summary of all actions taken since the earthquake. nt

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