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Something really strange about Fukushima compared to Chernobyl
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In Chernobyl they dropped 5,000 tons of sand, lead and boric acid then they HURRIED to cover the molten reactor in order to prevent RAIN from entering:
At the time there was still fear that the reactor could re-enter a self-sustaining nuclear chain-reaction and explode again, and a new containment structure was planned to prevent rain entering and triggering such an explosion, and to prevent further release of radioactive material.
[link to en.wikipedia.org]
You can hear the same said here, starting at minute 6:10:
[link to youtu.be]
So... they didn't pour hundreds of thousands of tons of water on the molten reactor, they actually tried to prevent water from getting to it!
In Fukushima not only did they leave most of the reactor buildings exposed to the elements (including rain) for a year or more, but we are told they were/are actually pumping water in the reactors that suffered meltdowns.
So why was water considered a risk, a facilitator of a chain reaction, in Chernobyl, while in Fukushima it is used in massive amounts?
UPDATE FOR MORE INFO:
The fuel rods in reactor 1 have melted but we are told TEPCO is continuing to pour water into reactor 1: A massive amount of highly radioactive water is accumulating inside the plant's reactor buildings and adjacent reactor turbine buildings as a result of the continuing injection of water to cool the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors, which have suffered meltdowns due to last year's nuclear accident. [ link to mainichi.jp] Thus TEPCO is pouring water over a blob of melted nuclear fuel. Is that the correct thing to do? In Chernobyl they even drained a water reservoir from under the reactor in order not to allow the melted fuel blob to get into contact with water (!!!): Velikhov said the damaged reactor, pressed down from above by thousands of tons of sand, lead and other fire-extinguishing materials, was in danger of plunging into an underwater reservoir, which would have released radioactive steam into the atmosphere. [ link to articles.latimes.com] |
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