<COMMENT>Magazine</COMMENT>
<P><DC=0,192,0><JC>---TECHNOLOGY TODAY---</JC>
<P><DC=128,128,128><JC>SCIENTISTS CONFIRM WORST FEARS AT MICRONESIA - CORE'S BURNING OUT OF CONTROL</JC>
<P>
<P>Previous rumors that three reactors exploded have been confirmed today by International Nuclear Response Team (INRT) specialists. Scientists equipped with the CNT-MK2 mechanized hazard suits entered the rubble and reported that, along with massive structural damage, three reactors have exploded. 
<P>
<P>Reports also indicate that core material is burning out of control through the lower biological shields and into the basements of the facility. The RDU military has established an initial 20-kilometer radius evacuation zone around the facility where radiation and fallout is dangerously high. 
<P>
<P>Authorities expanded the evacuation zone to a 30-kilometer radius around the "nuclear city" of Micronesia. Micronesia once was the site of the PFC Chemical Combine, where plutonium was produced. Until the disaster it has been used for research and power generation. Helicopers will begin to dump inert materials on the reactor core within the next 24 hours, according to the RDU Science Minister Xelivo. 
<P>
<P>President Kamarov has asked the people of PlanetFarCry to stay strong during this disaster. The region's religious leaders asked for prayers for the men and women who have lost loved ones, and for God's protection of the emergency workers.