Workers at the severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan are trying to prevent two potentially catastrophic outcomes: a complete meltdown, or steam explosion, at the plants nuclear reactors; and a massive release of radiation from stored spent fuel. Workers' efforts over the next few days—combined with events outside their control such as the weather—will determine how much of the surrounding area is contaminated with radiation, and for how long.
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