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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Nuclear update: Leak stopped. Why is Japan injecting nitrogen into reactor?

Nuclear update: Leak stopped. Why is Japan injecting nitrogen into reactor?

Workers plugged a leak of highly radioactive water into the ocean from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Wednesday, even as they tried to prevent another hydrogen explosion in reactor No. 1 by injecting nitrogen gas.

Posted by Michele Kearney at 2:58 PM

1 comment:

  1. CrisisMavenApril 6, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    Because they want to dislodge the hydrogen gas to staunch the danger of further explosions.

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