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In reply to the discussion: Humankind’s Most Dangerous Moment: Fukushima Fuel Pool at Unit 4 [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)49. Right, and TEPCO was warned almost a decade ago that a tsunami would trash
the generators. (Figuratively, once the flooding was pumped out, the gensets were in working condition, but they cannot run submerged.)
They had every opportunity to add cooling capacity to the site, in case of loss of ultimate heat sink. They didn't do it. Those parts of the plant are TEPCO's responsibility.
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For example: All that radioactive water? Well, it's mountain runoff seeping....
Junkdrawer
Sep 2013
#4
I wonder if folks these days think that Nuclear Radiation is just a Hoax or Something!
KoKo
Sep 2013
#6
Remember it was the tree huggers who said something like this was very likely to happen some day....
JohnyCanuck
Sep 2013
#16
Right, and TEPCO was warned almost a decade ago that a tsunami would trash
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2013
#49
Requires that we take control of them from private or semi-private public entities.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2013
#64
Ann Coulter claims that radiation is good for you. Let's send her in to clean it up bare handed.
stevenleser
Sep 2013
#50
Fukushima is a giant fucking mega-clusterfuck, but Gundersen tends towards hyperbole.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#26