http://www.kurzweilai.net/extensive-if-not-complete-meltdown-of-three-fukushima-reactors-just-16-hours-after-the-earthquakes-coverup Accelerating Intelligence Thu, 23 May 2013 03:47:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.kurzweilai.net/extensive-if-not-complete-meltdown-of-three-fukushima-reactors-just-16-hours-after-the-earthquakes-coverup/comment-page-1#comment-3511 89118 Tue, 24 May 2011 16:10:29 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=119071#comment-3511 Coverup? I hope to the gods they coverup. And quickly! lol Coverup?
I hope to the gods they coverup. And quickly! lol

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/extensive-if-not-complete-meltdown-of-three-fukushima-reactors-just-16-hours-after-the-earthquakes-coverup/comment-page-1#comment-3450 ohmaar Wed, 18 May 2011 14:27:12 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=119071#comment-3450 OK, I'm not a nuclear scientist, but from what I do understand, isn't a meltdown simply the final step of the safety design of a nuclear reactor? In other words, in a worst case scenario where coolant completely fails and rods are exposed, the fuel melts down and is sealed in the lower containment chamber. At that point there is no risk of "megadeath" so long as there is no breach in the containment chamber. Isn't that correct? OK, I’m not a nuclear scientist, but from what I do understand, isn’t a meltdown simply the final step of the safety design of a nuclear reactor? In other words, in a worst case scenario where coolant completely fails and rods are exposed, the fuel melts down and is sealed in the lower containment chamber. At that point there is no risk of “megadeath” so long as there is no breach in the containment chamber. Isn’t that correct?

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