TEPCO admitted Wednesday that nuclear fuel in reactor No. 1 could be melting

Published: April 20th, 2011 at 2:35 pm ET
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Tokyo Electric admits fuel could be melting at Fukushima nuke plant, Kyodo, April 21, 2011 at 2:20 pm EDT:

An official at Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, admitted Wednesday that fuel of the plant’s No. 1 reactor could be melting.

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Chart published by Japan’s Ministry of Education at http://atmc.jp/plant/rad/

See also: 

April 9: Radiation skyrockets to 100 Sv/hr at Fukushima reactor No. 1, along with sudden rise in temperature immediately after 7.4 quake (CHART)

April 13: Extreme spike in I-131, Cs-137 levels 100 miles from Fukushima after radiation skyrocketed off the chart at No. 1 reactor following recent quake (CHARTS)

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