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However, Stratfor, a company that provides global intelligence, said its nuclear science and engineering sources found statements the Unit 1 reactor container had not been breached "highly dubious. Reports of iodine and cesium outside the plant indicate the reactor's containment structure has been breached," it said.

And the business news agency Nikkei reported the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said yesterday afternoon the explosion at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant could only have been caused by a meltdown of the reactor core.

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