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Fukushima: Nuclear chain reactions may have temporarily restarted 12 days after earthquake
New evidence suggests that nuclear chain reactions at the Fukushima power plant didn't end when the generators were initially shut down, following the March 11 earthquake. Technology Review explains why Tetsuo Matsui, a researcher at the University of Tokyo, thinks conditions inside two of...- whoosh
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Atmospheric radiation leak underestimated
Atmospheric radiation leak underestimated, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 April 11, Data released by the government indicates radioactive material was leaking into the atmosphere from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in early April in greater quantities than previously estimated. Radioactive...- whoosh
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