Japan grapples with nuclear crisis

By Taiga Uranaka and Ki Joon Kwon FUKUSHIMA, Japan, March 14 (Reuters) – Japan scrambled to avert a meltdown at a stricken nuclear plant on Monday after a hydrogen explosion at one reactor and exposure of fuel rods at another, just days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 10,000 people. Roads and rail, power and ports have been crippled across much of Japan's northeast and estimates of the cost of the multiple disasters have leapt to as much as $170 billion

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Japan grapples with nuclear crisis