Japan Reactor Crisis is Becoming More Stable, U.S. NRC Says
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Japan’s crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant “continues to further stabilize,” said Bill Borchardt, the executive director for operations at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The three operating reactors at the six-unit plant appeared to have been damaged after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which resulted in the release of radiation, Borchardt said today during a briefing for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in Washington.