Radioactive Steam Could Be Pumped Into Air for Months

Japan’s attempts to avert a full-scale meltdown in its damaged nuclear reactors by flooding them with seawater has an ugly byproduct: radioactive steam, which may continue to be pumped into the air for weeks or even months, reports the New York Times . Operators periodically flood the cores with seawater, which…

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Radioactive Steam Could Be Pumped Into Air for Months

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