At this point who can you trust in information dissemination? There have been stories about fuel rods melting in each of the reactors(1-4).
Did the Japanese ask the US for assistance and we laid conditions on that assistance? If so, then that would have been unforgiveable.
I have to believe that the US govt had parts and assets within 2 hours of that plant that could and should have had those generators up and running before any of this got out of hand.
I can only wonder if the truth will ever come out.
Well, the truth has to fulfill scientific rules, therefore we have been knowning whether they were telling the truth or not.
And yes, secretary Edano and NHK TV were telling the truth well beyond what the Western media has been doing.
Fuel tanks for the generators were moved by the tsunami 300 meters inshore. The buildings were flooded and the switching devices damaged. The Japanese did a great job controlling and cooling the reactors. Hot spots on the upper part of the fuel rods in the reactors #2 and #3 may have been melted, but as it happened in the TMI accident, there was enough water to cold down these pieces and leave them solidified on the bottom of the reactor.
I've been asking precisely this question for days and was blown off as a fear-mongering kook.
I will give you the assertion that the USA (Obama) could have and should have given large portable generators to the site even if TEPCO or Japan refused them. We have heavy lift capacity and a lot of military muscle to get material anywhere in a short amount of time.
That said, I seriously doubt 2 hours was possible. More like 24 to 48 hours. Certainly by Wednesday following the disaster. That TEPCO had to build a temporary power line that was hooked up a full week after the disaster is amazing. The Japanese and USA (Obama) governments really were lax in their duties on this. Primarily the Japanese government, but I think Obama should have imposed US assistance on this.
Remember how Obama flew to Copenhagen and imposed himself into a meeting where he was not welcome and commited the USA to all kinds of green BS to stop the "global warming disaster"? Well, here is a real emergency and Obama filled out his NCAA tournament chart instead.
Obama isn't shy, he just didn't see this as a priority.