It was only a matter of time before the hydrogen reached a level where it would detonate, and one after another, the first unit, then the third unit, and finally the second unit, suffered hydrogen explosions that blew off the steel panels and left the top of the reactor building exposed.

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But the past three years have brought more high-priced disappointment: September collapses in 2007 and 2008 followed by an injury-riddled 70-92 disaster in 2009 that exposed the risks of building a roster with little depth to support a handful of expensive stars.

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One of his teams is surveying a vast honeycomb of Graeco-Roman tombs that was accidentally exposed by a road-building crew.

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The photovoltaic panels generate electricity when exposed to sunlight and are connected to the building's power supply via an inverter synchronised to the electricity main's frequency.

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The plaintiffs claimed they were exposed to noxious gas fumes while pregnant and working in a southwest Mississippi office building located where a Texaco station once stood.

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Health officials said about 770 people who either worked or spent time in the building have been tested, and there were no indications that anyone else was exposed to anthrax.

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But financial planner Jonathan Davis, of Armstrong Davis, said the building society's new policy was a "joke", and that it exposed the lender to further losses if house prices continued to fall.

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Hydrogen is building up because, due to low levels of cooling water, fuel rods are partially exposed, causing them to overheat.

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