electricpete
Electrical
- May 4, 2001
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Here is an article from abc-news purporting to give top 10 science stories from Phyics Prof Michio Kakus.
We expect reasonable technical correctness without sensationalism from a source like that.
Here's the beginning of the article
I'm pretty sure there is no scenario where the core melts thru to the other side of the planet.2011 was dominated by the horrendous news that there were three simultaneous meltdowns at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, in March, sparked by a gigantic 9.0 earthquake and a monstrous tsunami. It was recently revealed that the accident was much more severe than previously thought.
The uranium core of Unit 1 completely liquefied (the first time this has ever happened) and melted right through the vessel and into the containment, almost setting off a China Syndrome-type disaster (where the core melts down, theoretically all the way to the other side of the planet).
I'm pretty sure this physics guy knows that as well.
Any idea what the heck happened here.... some journalist twisted this around ?
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