Did the radioactive material in reactors break containment

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Read the article about Fukushima in this month's Popular Science found here:

https://www.popsci.com/fukushima-five-years-later

Answer the following questions:

1) Explain why contaminated water has been such a big issue for Fukushima.

2) Did the radioactive material in the reactors break containment? Explain.

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