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Randi? robert alvarez is a senior scholar and researches nuclear armament and environmental policies. and he says there's only about a 24-hour window in which to cool the reactor before the core and fuel elements are actually exposed. he gives us a glimpse into what might have happened inside that nuclear plant at the time of the explosion. >> the temperatures start to build and then in a matter of several hours you can start to have the reactor experience a meltdown and other things could happen with these very high temperatures that could be as high as 5,000 degrees fahrenheit. for example...
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