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Red Alert: Radiation Rising and Heading South in Japan
The nuclear reactor situation in Japan has deteriorated significantly.
Two more explosions occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power
plant on March 15.
The first occurred at 6:10 a.m. local time at reactor No. 2, which had
seen nuclear fuel rods exposed for several hours after dropping water
levels due to mishaps in the emergency cooling efforts. Within three
hours the amount of radiation at the plant rose to 163 times the
previously recorded level, according to Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial
Safety Agency.
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