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Old 03-16-2011, 10:43 PM   #707
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Originally Posted by kirant View Post
For those interested, here's a good image on the current status of the Japanese Nuclear Facilities:
Isn't the biggest concern with reactor 4? From what I've read it sounds like they suspect the water cooling the spent rods has fully evaporated. This has the rods heating up towards a meltdown with not a whole lot of containment. Also the radiation is so high that they're not sure how to get close enough to cool the rods/coolant back into the tank.
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