| Jersey Mike |
01-31-2017 07:37 AM |
For those, like myself, who were less-informed:
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was an energy accident at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima, initiated primarily by the tsunami following the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011.[6] Immediately after the earthquake, the active reactors automatically shut down their sustained fission reactions. However, the tsunami destroyed the emergency generators that would have provided power to cool the reactors. The insufficient cooling led to three nuclear meltdowns, hydrogen-air chemical explosions, and the release of radioactive material in Units 1, 2 and 3 from 12 March to 15 March. Loss of cooling also caused the pool for storing spent fuel from Reactor 4 to overheat on 15 March due to the decay heat from the fuel rods.
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Which ultimately led to a full-blown evacuation of the area & all affected contents.
It's pretty crushing to put yourself in those people's shoes, knowing that not only are you now going to prematurely die of a radiation-related cancer, but that you've had to leave your home, possessions & "pride-&-joy" project behind never to see or enjoy them again for the remainder of your now shortened life.
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