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May 18, 2011 10:05 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/l6ud-qH6x6Q/Fukushima-Meltdown-Might-Have-Come-With-Earthquake-Not-Tsunami
Fukushima Meltdown Might Have Come With Earthquake, Not Tsunami
formfeed writes "As the data from the Fukushima reactor is being reviewed it looks like the meltdown happened much earlier: '[T]he fuel rods in the No. 1 reactor were completely exposed to the air and rapidly heating five hours after the quake.' Apparently, the earthquake had caused a crack in the containment vessel. Which means, that even without the generators failing, the meltdown might still have happened. With this new data, it seems a similar incident could happen in an earthquake zone even without a tsunami."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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