TEPCO finds fresh nuclear fission sign at Fukushima reactor

TEPCO finds fresh nuclear fission sign at Fukushima reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from video footage shows the sheet-covered No. 1 (L) and No. 2 (C) reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on the morning of Nov. 2, 2011. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the same day there may be signs of fresh nuclear fission in the No. 2 reactor and that it has injected boric acid to control a possible nuclear reaction. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.)(Kyodo)

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