Originally Posted by Donger:
Once the core melts, there isn't anything you can do except keep pumping water on it. Hopefully, the corium is contained inside the PV, as well as the radioactive water.
In the case of Fukushima, it seems clear that there were melts in at least three of the reactors, and that there was/were leaks in the PV(s). I'm not arguing that there hasn't been unintentional and intentional releases of radiation from this event.
But getting the core cool with water is the key to stopping the problem. [Reply]
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Originally Posted by Rausch:
Last argument before bed: the SPREAD of the radiation won't go beyond a few miles but the radiation will last for decades.
Yes, that's correct. There are in process of cleaning up the radioactive water, however.
Originally Posted by Rausch:
3 plants were compromised (to some degree.)
Reactors, not plants.
Originally Posted by Rausch:
Japan has outright lied the entire time about the condition of its reactors.
They were cautious about using the word "meltdown" for good reason: 1) It might have created panic. 2) They weren't positive that a melt(s) had taken place. 3) "Meltdown" means different things to different people. The core can technically melt with no breach of the PV, a melt with a slight breach of the PV (what happened at Fukushima), or a melt with a massive breach of the PV (Chernoybl). [Reply]