Scientists Plan a Controlled Nuclear Meltdown

Japanese nuclear scientists say they plan to create a controlled nuclear meltdown looking for clues how to deal with possible future disasters.The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday said it will use a scaled-down nuclear reactor to deliberately create conditions of a serious malfunction. The experiment will start later this year at a research facility in Ibaraki, north of Tokyo.Meltdowns occur when the nuclear fuel in the reactor's core, normally very hot in order to create steam...

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