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To: E. Charters who wrote (74247)3/15/2011 5:46:37 AM
From: Postman  Read Replies (2) of 233879
 
The fuel is in a containment vessel- Hopefully that will hold-

cnn.com

"Edano said earlier that he could not rule out the possibility of a meltdown at all three troubled reactors at the plant.

If fuel rods inside the reactors are melting, Walsh said a key detail is whether the melted material stays inside the reactor.

"The Japanese plants and all modern plants have a containment vessel. Essentially the reactor is inside of a vault. And that vault is made of thick concrete and steel," Walsh said. "The million-dollar question is whether that melting will be contained... We'll know within 24 hours. That's the key thing people should be paying attention to."
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