Reactor Overheating News Today

Possible leak? >> the nuclear safety agency the vapor they plan releasing should not affect human health and the amount of radioactive element would be, quote, very small. officials have been worried about one particular reactor overheating and a possibility at the nuclear plant since the earthquake struck. a back-up generator to bring the cooling system back online, the pressure inside, number one reactor is one and a half times the normal level and continues to go up. all that pressure has to ...

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>> becky, this has been developing rapidly in the past few hours. lets look at the chronology of this because this is important. we can end up getting our wires crossed here and this is a fluent situation. you have the earthquake, a big quake that obviously has an impact on the nuclear reactors. they shut down. that is a precautionary measure. but then there were complications with the power source and that has caused this inability to cool the reactor. the reactor overheating. there have been r...