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A first-year midshipman, or plebe, is splashed with mud while participating in Sea Trials at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in this May 15, 2012 photograph released on May 21, 2012. Sea Trials, modeled after the Marine Corps' Crucible and the Navy's Battle Stations recruit programs, is an annual capstone event for fourth class midshipmen and serves as a leadership challenge for upper class midshipmen, who lead each activity during the exercise. REUTERS/Chad Runge/U.S. Navy/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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Japan No 2 core melted through reactor vessel - Markey

WASHINGTON | Wed Apr 6, 2011 10:45am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The core at Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor has melted through the reactor pressure vessel, Democratic Congressman Edward Markey told a hearing on the nuclear disaster on Wednesday.

"I have been informed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the core of Unit Two has gotten so hot that part of it has probably melted through the reactor pressure vessel," said Markey, a prominent nuclear critic in the House of Representatives.

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe)
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