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In reply to the discussion: TEPCO’s Risky Operation at Fukushima - The Nation [View all]RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Let's look at this from a very simple view point, shall we, sirveri?
Numbers 1, 2 and 3 were said to have been hydrogen explosions.
#1 blew first. #2 they knocked a hole in the wall and vented out the gas.
#3 blew sky high. Then #4 a few days later blew up. So to believe it was a hydrogen explosion, we would have to believe that they knew hydrogen was blowing up their buildings and they prevented #2 from blowing, but they let #4 just sit there for four days without opening a vent like they did at #2?
Kinda blows a big ass hole in your theory. Eh?
No, what happened was that the pool ran out of water, the rods overheated, boiled off the water, and something exploded. It may have had some hydrogen in the explosion, but it was not a hydrogen explosion.
As the info in this thread elsewhere explains, if the rods get a bit out of line there can be a nuclear reaction of sorts. The rods in #4 already did.
While we are here, lets remember that pieces of plutonium were found in many places even miles from the explosions. That means either the reactor cores went up, or some rods in the fuel pools went up. There would be no other way for plutonium to go off site. Eh?