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To: carranza2 who wrote (36150)	3/15/2011 11:31:25 AM
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So the worst case scenario still hung over the complex, and officials were clearly struggling to keep ahead of the crisis. Late Monday, the chief government spokesman said there were signs that the fuel rods were melting in all three reactors, all of which had lost their cooling systems in the wake of Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami. “Although we cannot directly check it, it’s highly likely happening,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters. Some experts would consider that a partial meltdown. Others, though, reserve that term for times when nuclear fuel melts through a reactor’s innermost chamber but not through the outer containment shell. Officials held out the possibility that, too, may be happening. “It’s impossible to say whether there has or has not been damage” to the vessels, nuclear agency official Naoki Kumagai said. If a complete reactor meltdown — where the uranium core melts through the outer containment shell — were to occur, a wave of radiation would be released, resulting in major, widespread health problems. wisconsinrapidstribune.com