Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110315:04:03:00
It rusts avery, very fast. 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 after the first explosio...
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