Fukushima

[Midnight Rambler]

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Originally posted by pahoated

Fukushima plant #4 is reported to be tilting (like the tower of Pisa) with parts of the reactor bulging through the walls. Failure of this containment will result in a large highly radioactive meltdown. They need to bite the bullet and go for the bandaid to cover the whole complex in concrete like they did for Chernobyl.

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Not sure where you're getting this, but reactor 4 was already defueled, so while there is some danger because the fuel is still hot in a cooling pool, the reactor doesn't have any in it. Also, it doesn't look like it's leaning: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Paci...ster-video

As far as Chernobyl, don't forget that building that cap cost the lives of something like 100 people, because it required going into the high-radiation area. I don't think Japan is willing to go there like the Soviet Union was.