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Old 02-17-2012, 11:37 AM   #350
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Re: The fact that you believe a nuclear plant can explode....

David,

It's been known since August last year the earthquake caused the coolant pipes to burst, guaranteeing a triple melt-through before the tsunami hit. Back up generators are irrelevant if the coolant can't reach the reactors.

Small earthquakes were hitting Fukushima just yesterday less than 20 km from Daiichi. Japan has had many earthquakes in the past year, and it's possible for any of the reactor buildings to collapse with their current condition given a strong enough earthquake. I doubt this will happen, although small earthquakes can agitate the corium causing increased sporadic criticality and release. Forced evacuations should have happened 11 months ago of Fukushima and parts of surrounding prefectures. The only reason it's not in people's consciousness is the media decided for it not to be. Obviously this is true for most things of significance.
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