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Lets calm down and see how this plays out.
(1) I'm quite calm, Note that I have been asking question in order to get information, not yelling chicken little.

(2) And it was a rep from Tokyo Electric on NHK last Wednesday that said once salt water was used the reactors would probably never be restarted. I was just going by that as gospel.

As for 5 & 6 as I said I looked it up and they were in cold shutdown a the time of the quake so the salt water might not be an issue in that case.

76 posted on 03/23/2011 2:27:53 PM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)

And it was a rep from Tokyo Electric on NHK last Wednesday that said once salt water was used the reactors would probably never be restarted. I was just going by that as gospel.

Well, to give the benefit of doubt to whomever it was who said that, my guess is they were talking about a worst-case outcome. And even that would not be a result of the salt water use, but other damage, such as thermal shock to the containment, or excessive fuel damage making restart impractical. Those will probably be the real issues, not the use of seawater itself.