Fukushima workers discover hole in reactor casing

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Breach of vessel containing fuel rods increases likelihood that rods have been exposed and radioactive water has leaked

The discovery of a hole in one of the Fukushima reactor's main vessels could indicate that the disaster was even worse than first feared, the plant's operators revealed yesterday. Tokyo Electric Power...

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