Japan’s nuclear crisis continues. Radioactive steam is now rising from reactor 2 at Japan’s crippled Fukushima plant and U.S. nuclear experts say it appears the spent fuel pool in reactor 4 has a breach in the wall or floor. Japan has appealed to the U.S. for help.
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