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So a few days ago Japan had an 8.9 earthquake and a tsunami radiated from the island. Now the big worry is their nuclear reactor. This video provides a lot of information

The video in the URL above explains a lot. They explain how nuclear fission works, how nuclear reactors use fission to generate electricity, how things explode at reactors, how cooling a reactor with sea water can destroy it, and how radiation poisoning works.