Timestamp

time of event
2011-05-24

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Die Betreiberfirma Tepco des havarierten Kraftwerks Fukushima 1 räumte am 24. Mai 2011 ein, dass es infolge des schweren Erdbebens am 11. März 2011 auch in den Reaktoren 2 und 3 "sehr wahrscheinlich" zu Kernschmelzen gekommen sei. Bislang war nur von einer Kernschmelze in Reaktor 1 die Rede gewesen.

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The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex said on 24 May 2011 that meltdowns are assumed to have occurred in the cores of the Nos. 2 and 3 reactors in addition to the meltdown already confirmed at the No. 1 reactor, but stressed that it believes the melted fuel is being kept cool at the bottom of the pressure vessels.

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