Core of reactor 1 melted in first 16 hours & reactors damaged even before tsunami hit
Core of reactor 1 melted 16 hours after quake
The meltdown at reactor No. 1 in Fukushima happened more quickly than feared, a new analysis of the crisis shows.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110516a1.html
Quake ‘hurt reactors before tsunami’
High radiation readings in the No. 1 reactor building on March 11 suggest that the quake rather than the tsunami set the course for the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110516a3.html
High radiation readings in the No. 1 reactor building on March 11 suggest that the quake rather than the tsunami set the course for the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110516a3.html
doug
We are learning more and more and it is not good. I think I am against nuclear power at least until we know it is absolutely safe.