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Japan Nuclear Crisis: What Is a Full Meltdown?

As Japan races to prevent a nuclear catastrophe, Josh Dzieza asks MIT professor Ron Ballinger and Columbia's David Brenner about partial and full meltdowns, hydrogen blasts, and windblown radiation. Plus, full coverage of Japan's crisis.

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