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This satellite image of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Japan, taken by DigitalGlobe on March 17, shows damage to the Units 1, 3, and 4 reactor buildings.
Monday, Apr. 04, 2011

Open quoteWe must keep putting water into the reactors to cool to prevent further fuel damage, even though we know that there is a side effect, which is the leakage.Close quote

  • HIDEHIKO NISHIYAMA,
  • a spokesman for the Nuclear Safety and Industrial Agency, on Japan's attempt to stop fuel rods from going into a full meltdown that would release even more radioactivity into the environment
Photo: REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/Handout | Source: AP