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    Japan Earthquake: Nuclear Plants at Fukushima Daiichi

    I might have a bit of expertise in this incident. The three reactors SCRAMMED automatically during the earthquake. At least one containment and probably all three were breached before the tsunami hit. A high-radiation warning sounded on the plant perimeter before the tsunami arrived...
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    Japan Earthquake: Nuclear Plants at Fukushima Daiichi

    I am still interested in the absurd readings in R4. I can suppose that it had used MOX fuel rods from R3 and, possibly, a load of fresh MOX fuel rods ready to be installed in R4. Even assuming the reactor was empty and a chunk of melted fuel from R3 landed in the middle of it after R3...
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