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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 10:21 AM
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2. Reaters breaking says its the Daiichi #4 spent fuel pool
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  -Japanese Nuclear Situation Worsens; Military May Air Drop Water on Reactors jpak  Mar-15-11 10:18 AM   #0 
  - Makes sense to me.  dkf   Mar-15-11 10:20 AM   #1 
  - I wouldn't want to fly one of these birds  Cronus Protagonist   Mar-15-11 10:24 AM   #4 
     - That plan has been scrapped. Hole too far from pool. No alternative at this time. nt  kristopher   Mar-15-11 04:33 PM   #16 
  - Reaters breaking says its the Daiichi #4 spent fuel pool  jpak   Mar-15-11 10:21 AM   #2 
  - um -- if it's boiling -- it is evaporating.  xchrom   Mar-15-11 10:23 AM   #3 
  - Isn't it amazing how they couch their words?  Cronus Protagonist   Mar-15-11 10:26 AM   #6 
  - That's exactly what they need to do to raise water level in the holding tanks. nt  thereismore   Mar-15-11 10:25 AM   #5 
  - They could send in a robot with a long hose  Cronus Protagonist   Mar-15-11 10:27 AM   #7 
     - That's assuming they have those resources. nt  thereismore   Mar-15-11 01:14 PM   #10 
        - A hose attached to a faucet and Asimov?  Cronus Protagonist   Mar-15-11 04:30 PM   #15 
  - Um, does anybody else think that might be just a tad inadequate?  kestrel91316   Mar-15-11 10:29 AM   #8 
  - That depends on how much water they can get there per day. It could work short term. nt  thereismore   Mar-15-11 02:42 PM   #14 
  - The cooling ponds are simple construct.  Statistical   Mar-15-11 09:40 PM   #18 
  - This is sounding more like chernobyl all the time.  buddysmellgood   Mar-15-11 10:36 AM   #9 
     - The core containment vessel's presence still makes it a lot better than Chernobyl. nt  thereismore   Mar-15-11 01:15 PM   #11 
        - The storage pools are vastly more dangerous than the vessels.  snagglepuss   Mar-15-11 01:34 PM   #12 
        - I agree, but the worst scenario may yet be averted in Japan. Hoping. nt  thereismore   Mar-15-11 02:32 PM   #13 
        - # 2 containment has been "damaged".  kristopher   Mar-15-11 04:37 PM   #17 
 

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