http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1116149/1/.html

Fukushima No. 1 reactor

Current measures of pumping seawater to cool reactors is seen as a Hail Mary pass.

"What occurred at the plant was a "station blackout," which is the loss of offsite air-conditioning power combined with the failure of onsite power, in this case diesel generators.

"It is considered to be extremely unlikely but the station blackout has been one of the great concerns for decades," said Ken Bergeron, a physicist who has worked on nuclear reactor accident simulation.

"We're in uncharted territory," he said.

Release of Radiation from Second Reactor Planned
http://www.mediawatch.co.nz/news/world/70430/release-of-radiation-from-second-reactor-planned

 

 

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