http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/best-video-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-powere-plant-9442 Comments for "Best video of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant." en http://dagblog.com/comment/110850#comment-110850 <a id="comment-110850"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/110826#comment-110826">An expert on the Diane Rehm</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>"I'm givin' ya all she has, cap'n, she canna' take anymore without losin' th' magnetic containment field all t'gether..."</p></div></div></div> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:14:24 +0000 jollyroger comment 110850 at http://dagblog.com http://dagblog.com/comment/110826#comment-110826 <a id="comment-110826"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/best-video-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-powere-plant-9442">Best video of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>An expert on the Diane Rehm show said this is the largest nuclear installation not only in Japan, but the world, with 6 reactors. Also, the complex has almost 10 times the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-alvarez/meltdowns-japan-earthquake_b_835121.html" target="_blank">radioactive material</a> of Chernobyl, including 'spent' fuel in the ponds, some with plutonium, not present at Chernobyl.</p><p>The irony is the back-up pumps failed because of flooding in the basement, while the cooling ponds are failing because they cannot get water on the roof. Perhaps if the back-up system was on the roof and the cooling ponds were below sea level both problems would have been easier to solve.</p></div></div></div> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:05:43 +0000 NCD comment 110826 at http://dagblog.com