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Extreme Conditions

Four of the Fukushima plant's six reactors are shown in this satellite photo from Geoeye via Google Earth. The reactors are numbered one through four from right to left. (Credit: CNET)

Fukushima Lesson: More Research Into Nuclear Fuel Behavior In Extreme Conditions, UM Says

A year after the crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, scientists and engineers remain largely in the dark when it comes to fundamental knowledge about how nuclear fuels behave under extreme conditions, according to a University of Michigan nuclear waste expert and his colleagues.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/03/08

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