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 buildingexposed.
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.