Three Questions About Japan's Nuclear Plants

American Association for the Advancement of Science

by Eli Kintisch on 14 March 2011, 6:42 PM

Three Questions About Japan's Nuclear Plants

Japanese officials are weighing a set of difficult challenges in trying to contain the nuclear crisis within the Fukushima power complex. In addition to the extremely powerful earthquake, the nuclear industry has rarely faced simultaneous partial or complete meltdowns in multiple reactors at one site.

Here are three key questions experts are grappling with:

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