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34. Same answer that RobertEarl got...

Wed Jul 9, 2014, 03:32 PM

Jul 2014

... and that you've been provided with multiple times.

Shut down implies a process to stop the reactors

Yep... and they were.

"Shutdown" means that there's no more fission going on. That cuts heat production dramatically, but decay heat can't be "shut off"... it declines naturally. It has to be dealt with with ongoing cooling. An hour after the shutdown was when they lost power (and thus much of the cooling).

And why weren't these reactors equipped for a fail-safe shutdown?

You'll have to ask the Japanese. Their standards for the specific area of failure (backup generators and the ability to recover from their failure) aren't the same as those in the US. Had they been, Daiichi could have been more like Daini.

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Fukushima has 9 days to prevent 'unsafe' overheating bananas Jul 2014 #1

Fukushima Daiichi: Cooling stopped at reactor #5 SFP bananas Jul 2014 #2

Crickets. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster unhappycamper Jul 2014 #6

Nuke GE littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #7

...and then kill them - could just fit under that logo. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2014 #10

Not to worry... dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 #17

The typhoon will probably just be a rainstorm Art_from_Ark Jul 2014 #20

What? Haven't you read the news? FBaggins Jul 2014 #21

not to worry about a hurricane bearing down on 3 nuke plants, according to your puppetmasters wordpix Jul 2014 #23

The great thing about reality... FBaggins Jul 2014 #26

Fukushima is not shutdown, tho RobertEarl Jul 2014 #27

One had to wonder when you would show up with the free entertainment. FBaggins Jul 2014 #28

The place blew up days later. RobertEarl Jul 2014 #30

So? That was long after they shut down. FBaggins Jul 2014 #31

I'd laugh, but... RobertEarl Jul 2014 #41

If "It" was "shutdown within seconds of the earthquake," why all the meltdowns? Octafish Jul 2014 #33

Same answer that RobertEarl got... FBaggins Jul 2014 #34

Nice answer. Not to what I asked, though. Octafish Jul 2014 #35

Actually... it's exactly what you asked. FBaggins Jul 2014 #36

Fission was not stopped. Octafish Jul 2014 #37

That's nonsensical. FBaggins Jul 2014 #38

You're saying that the nuclear reactions stopped. But, they didn't. Octafish Jul 2014 #46

That's correct - I'm saying that nuclear reactions stopped FBaggins Jul 2014 #49

Do you get extra credit for getting in the last word? Octafish Jul 2014 #55

They don't know where the cores are RobertEarl Jul 2014 #56

Nope... just for getting it right. You should try it some time. FBaggins Jul 2014 #58

So, rather than make a point with facts, you denigrate me. Octafish Jul 2014 #61

Octafish, you just don't grok FB, do you? RobertEarl Jul 2014 #59

Thanks for the explanation. Octafish Jul 2014 #62

A Japanese typhoon is not really like an East Coast hurricane Art_from_Ark Jul 2014 #60

And if it's not cooled down? sakabatou Jul 2014 #4

Not a blessed thing. FBaggins Jul 2014 #11

geesh, according to you this is not a problem wordpix Jul 2014 #13

That's only because... it isn't a problem. FBaggins Jul 2014 #14

OMG NeoNerd Jul 2014 #5

Please tell me that littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #8

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2014 #9

Hilarious that anyone thinks this qualifies as "breaking news" FBaggins Jul 2014 #12

So this month's check cleared then, eh? truebrit71 Jul 2014 #16

Yup, there we go. closeupready Jul 2014 #18

LOL flamingdem Jul 2014 #19

88% of the spent fuel now out of unit #4 FBaggins Jul 2014 #22

uh, and now that the radioactive "assembly" pools are exceeding capacity, then what? wordpix Jul 2014 #24

Sorry... you're not living in the real world. FBaggins Jul 2014 #25

Your personal attacks are tiresome, FB RobertEarl Jul 2014 #29

You're really not in a position to claim injury at so-called "personal attacks" RE FBaggins Jul 2014 #32

In denial of common physics even, FB? RobertEarl Jul 2014 #39

One of us is in denial of common physics... the other one majored in the subject FBaggins Jul 2014 #40

You are in total denial RobertEarl Jul 2014 #42

Feel free to put me on ignore. FBaggins Jul 2014 #43

You are having fun? RobertEarl Jul 2014 #45

Loads and loads. FBaggins Jul 2014 #47

No. baggins, Nukes are the bad guys. RobertEarl Jul 2014 #48

More nonsense. Sorry. FBaggins Jul 2014 #50

You survived an alert, somehow RobertEarl Jul 2014 #51

Somehow? FBaggins Jul 2014 #53

Bwahahaha .. RobertEarl Jul 2014 #57

I'm not a host for life, which hosts are you referring to? CreekDog Jul 2014 #52

The ones who are out to get him of course. FBaggins Jul 2014 #54

Global Journalist Radio: Fukushima - three years later dougolat Jul 2014 #15

Aw... too bad. It looks like the end of the world will have to be put on hold. FBaggins Jul 2014 #44