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That would entail a much larger release of radioactivity, and that is not helpful for children or other living things. tonight, just a couple hours ago, we got word a third explosion had been heard on site at the fukushima plant. they have three reactors there they have been worried about at daiichi. two had explosions saturday and early today. now it appears the third reactor they were worried about suffered an explosion as well. the first two reactor explosions authorities say didnt result in ...

Containment structures are capable of containing that melted fuel, keeping it from the outside world and from the earth, because if they are not, that would entail a much larger release of radioactivity, and that is not helpful for children or other living things. tonight, just a couple hours ago, we got word a third explosion had been heard on site at the fukushima plant. they have three reactors there they have been worried about at daiichi. two had explosions saturday and early today. now it ...

A nuclear chain reaction happens, but it is controlled, so it does not produce an explosion. it just generates heat in a controlled way instead. use that heat to essentially boil water. actually, you literally use it to boil water. boiling water makes steam, steam spins a turbine, and that makes electricity. thats the basic idea behind the 40-year-old reactors in japan in so much trouble now. when the reactor is on, in effect, the uranium pellets inside the big 12 foot long fuel rods are involve...

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