correct
I’m sure they hate venting that steam but is a necessary step to get the pressure down in the reactor vessel while they get water in there to cover all the rods and cool things down
The GOJ briefing on using sea water said they planned to contain the sea water used for cooling, not release it into the ocean. These men working around all these disaster scenarios are smart and dedicated, and heros imho..
I am wondering if the workers and others being treated for exposure were caught by steam in the explosion or a plume aftermath, and if most of their injury is burns from the steam
Reminds me that great heros we have forgotten went into the Chernobyl reactor knowing they were killing themselves to save others
Yup, it is certainly better to vent off steam with a little radiation in it than have the core melt and release a whole hell of a lot. Definitely. Basically you’re talking about a 3-mile island scenario versus a Chernobyl scenario, who wouldn’t rather have the former versus the latter?
Anyone working in a nuke plant emergency like this is a hero. You got that right. Then throw on top of that working with earthquakes still going on and the risk of another tsunami coming in on top of you.
I believe the 3 (reported so far) were about 1.5 miles north of the reactor waiting on a chopper rescue to pick them up when it happened... if there are more, I haven’t heard about it yet..