About Japan’s Nuclear Reactor Explosion12 March 2011, 11:11 amAbout 10:00 am EST, the New York Times relayed a statement released by Japanese official regarding the nuclear plant explosion: Government officials said that the explosion, caused by a build-up of pressure in the reactor after the cooling system failed, destroyed the concrete structure surrounding the reactor but did not collapse the critical steel container [...]
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