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In reply to the discussion: What's happening at Fukushima? [View all]FBaggins
(28,678 posts)He said that most people died from the Tsunami... which is a simple statement of fact. Tens of thousands of deaths from the tsunami, many many times more than from the earthquake itself... and, of course, none at all so far from radiation from the reactors.
The latest reports detailing the situation describe the fact that the earthquake did the major damage to the reactors.
More of your imaginary reality, eh?
No such report exists. There has been some debate over whether there was some damage to one of the reactors from the earthquake (mere speculation really), but's it's quite clear (and the most recent reports do say this) that it was the SBO from the tsunami that knocked out cooling and sounded the death knell for the reactors.
This is why none of the reactors in Japan that were hit only by the earthquake (including some that were larger ground motion and beyond their design basis) suffered any serious damage... but all three of the ones that lost power from the tsunami melted down.
