“Neither the primary containment nor the reactor at any of the Japanese plants have been breached.”
Many of the original reports from Tepco stated that the primary containment on one or more reactors had appeared to have been breached. I believe that to be the case no mater what they say now. Otherwise you would have to believe that all the radiation is coming from the spend fuel pools or a small amount of venting. In the beginning the fool pools would have been emitting almost no radiation. Yet much was found. More than I believe can be explained by the venting. That is if you believe all the people here at the time that said the venting was harmless.
Thanks for your clarification on the outer containment’s. It does add another dimension to my thinking. Yet even with that there is no way to keep running water in without venting. Air pressure alone would prevent that. And there is still a limit to what that containment can hold. And they are really pouring it in.
Revel, the spent fuel pools are not in the containment. They are pouring water into the spent fuel areas. All of the reports I read indicated that the power plants successfully shutdown following the eartquake and the tsunami. Until the diesel generators shutdown two hours later, operations at the plant were normal.
How about posting a link to the info you’re referring to. I think it’s bogus.