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That the metal on the long metal tubes oxidizes. when it breaks down, it splits. damage to the fuel rods is a partial nuclear meltdown. one of the things that is released into the air at the water level drops and the fuel rods get exposed to the air and the big metal straws start to oxidize, one of the gases is hydrogen, and it is explosive. they believe hydrogen explosion caused this to happen at one of the reactors friday night, daytime saturday japan time. monday morning, japan time, second reactor tame facility suffered the same type of hydrogen explosion. when we were told this weekend af...

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.

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Couple of hours ago. of course there was an explosion in the number 3 reactor. that was a hydrogen explosion in the outer building, which houses the reactor itself. now that was similar to another explosion in the number one reactor just a couple days ago. it also had similar damage. it blew out one of the walls of the building there. now there is also ongoing concerns about radiation. however, authorities here say the radiation levels have actually been decreasing over the last couple of days. but they've still got this 20 kilometer, 12 or 13-mile exclusion zone. we're now hearing that the nu...

Perhaps most worrisome are the spent fuel rods in number 4. a top u.s. official warned that the rods are now exposed. a claim that japanese officials later denied. >> in addition to the three reactors operating at the time of the incident a fourth reactor is under concern. we believele there's been a hydrogen explosion in this unit due to an uncovering of the fuel in the fuel pool. we believe that secondary containment has been destroyed. there is no water in the spent fuel pool and we believe that radiation levels are extremely high. >> that does not sound good at all. the japanese government...