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All the spent fuel for the site is stored in reactor building 4.

The Spent Fuel pool is now the biggest worry, it is NOT in a containment vessel, it is exactly what it sounds like, A POOL. If the water boils off, the rods will be exposed to air and will melt, releasing huge amounts of radiation.


19 posted on 03/15/2011 8:33:40 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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Magnitude of Shizuoka quake revised upward to 6.4 from 6.0 (00:00


21 posted on 03/15/2011 8:34:36 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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