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“Tokyo Electric Power said Tuesday that after the explosion at the No. 2 reactor, pressure had dropped in the “suppression pool” — a section at the bottom of the reactor that converts steam to water and is part of the critical function of keeping the nuclear fuel protected.”
The New York Times, Japan Faces Potential Nuclear Disaster as Radiation Levels Rise, by Hiroko Tabuchi, David E. Sanger, and Keith Bradsher, March 14, 2011
March 15, 2011