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It is the third explosion in four days. the explosion is feared to have damaged the reactor's pressure suppression system and put the radiation levels over the legal limit. emergency operations to pump sea water into unit 2 had temporarily failed, exposing its fuel rods for several hours. in all, the cooling systems at three of the plant's reactors are failing, which means the fuel rods are likely melting. earlier in the day, a hydrogen explosion at another unit in the plant left 11 workers injured. operators knew the sea water flooding was cause a pressure build up, but believed they had no c...

>> it is very telling that a ship that far out was detecting radiation. >> fear of a nuclear meltdown is spreading to american politics, and the debate over energy. >> it now has u.s. senators weighing in on nuclear power. >> still willing to look at nuclear. >> if we put the brakes on. >> i don't think after a major environmental catastrophe is a good time to make american domestic policy. >> should the u.s. pull the brakes on nuclear development? >> we are going to continue to seek to diversify energy supplies. >> we don't abandon highway systems because bridges and overpasses collapse durin...