Melted nuclear fuel eroded reactor container by up to 65 cm

Melted nuclear fuel eroded reactor container by up to 65 cm

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Matsumoto, an official of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011. The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said that the concrete base of the No. 1 reactor container was eroded by up to 65 centimeters when the fuel inside melted, although the steel container itself was left intact.

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