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Fukushima reactor number one in “total meltdown” develops leak and might need to be encased in concrete sarcophagus

Japanese Electric power company officials confirm worst case scenario at Fukushima powerplant Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been pumping water into at least three of the six reactors on the site to bring their nuclear fuel rods to a…

Japan considers covering Fukushima with fabric to contain radiation

It's already doing so. Japan's Nuclear Safety Agency confirmed radioactive iodine in the sea near Fukushima at 3355 times the normal level. Our correspondent Mark Willacy joins me now from Tokyo. When we spoke an hour or two ago, Mark, Reuters ...

Will the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster give pebble reactors a second lease on life?

As the reactor failure at the Fukushima Plant in the aftermath of the Sendai earthquake increases public apprehension of nuclear technology, the future of this type of energy production might not be as bleak as it looks. There is one design that…