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Dear Reader,  One of the great problems right now is working out
where the fuel in the damaged cores and the ponds is, and in
what condition the fuel is in. We can take for granted that the
fuel which was in units 1, 2 and 3 has been damaged by
overheating. But the state of the fuel in the ponds was a bit
more of a mystery to us.  After clearing the rubbish out of the
pond at unit three it has been possible to inspect the pond, the
pond is frankly in a bit of a mess. But the fuel seems to have
escaped serious damage. Photographs have been taken of the fuel
racks in the pond and it does not look like there has been been
any dire melting or explosions in the pond.  I have seen that
some samples have been taken from the pond at unit four to allow
them to be examined (these were samples of unused fuel which
were being stored in the pond at the time of the accident). The
work so far suggest