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Originally Posted by teedubya
The emergency diesel generators on that nuclear plant have been badly damaged. The multi-reactor Fukushima atomic power plant is now relying on battery power, which will only last around a few hours. The danger is, the very thermally hot reactor cores at the plant must be continuously cooled for 24 to 48 hours.
Without any electricity, the pumps won’t be able to pump water through the hot reactor cores to cool them. Once electricity is lost, the irradiated nuclear fuel could begin to melt down within a few hours.
If the containment systems fail, a catastrophic radioactivity release to the environment could occur. The result would be unimaginable, the plant is the biggest nuclear facility in the world.... and it was built in 1971. The biggest and the oldest.  |
Meh. I would imagine that the Japanese have placed a pretty high priority on getting both additional batteries and replacement diesel generators in place to ensure continued pump operation. We are probably helping, too.
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