Pool of radioactive lava could be melting its way out
Posted by JAC on 5/13/2011, 7:39 am
 http://gizmodo.com/5801376/its-official-fukushima-was-hit-with-a-full+blown-nuclear-meltdown The flow of bad news (and radiation) out of Fukushima's reactors has diminished to a trickle over the past several weeks, as rescue work has proceeded. Not today. TEPCO's admitted for the first time that Fukushima experienced a grave meltdown. [...] TEPCO workers and the Japanese government have desperately struggled to keep the nuclear fuel rods inside the reactors cool-if they don't, the scorching material will melt into a pool of radioactive lava, further damaging the facility. That's the scenario everyone's been aiming to avoid-and that's the scenario we now know had actually occurred all along. Underneath all that dumped seawater has been lying a blob of melted fuel. And it could be melting its way out. This admittance goes against every assurance TEPCO has handed the world in the midst of Japan's nuclear crisis [...] |
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