[Smogger]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_Water_Reactor

It’s not clear which pumps are no longer operational. I assume it must be the cold-water pumps since if it was the feedwater pumps it seems the situation would immediately become much more dire.

[conservativepoet]

Japanese broadcast just indicated that there is a small radiation leak occurring at one of the plants, but “it is not enough to harm humans”.

[mad_as_he$$]

I think they lost the diesel generators that are needed to power up and shut down the plant. I have it on pretty good authority that the US Military is, as we type, hauling in very big gensets to bring the pumps back on line.