Sentences with phrase «damaged reactor units»
The cable trench there contains much more radiation than those in the other three damaged reactor units.
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As NRC staff noted during the Fukushima emergency, when there was concern that the spent - fuel pool at Unit 4 may have lost its cooling water as well as been damaged by the reactor building explosion, adding cold water to already hot fuel can create a problem in its own right.
Leaks of hydrogen from damaged reactors at units Nos. 1 and 3 is blamed for explosions at the tops of the outer, secondary containment structures, and an explosion within the No. 2 primary containment structure.
Three reactors — Units 1, 2, and 3 — sustained severe core damage, and three reactor buildings — Units 1, 3, and 4 — were damaged by hydrogen explosions.