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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

It's not over yet...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. workers collect data in the control room for Unit 1 and Unit 2 at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant
Japan's Fukushima Dai-Ichi power-plant is not yet out of the forest. Electricity was restored, but the worst is yet to come. The task includes drilling hundreds of gallons of radioactive water, and venting radioactive gas out. The government is warning citizens to not drink tap water, especially infants, and to rather drink bottled water.

But cooling down the reactors with seawater was not the best idea. Salt is building up inside the reactors, and cause them to overheat. Up to 100,000 pounds of salt have already accumulated in reactors 2 and 3, while only 60,000 pounds in reactor 1. Japan seems to have yet another obstacle to pass.

pictures from msnbc.com

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