Blast heard at Fukushima's No.2 reactor: gov't
Ouch. Apparently referring to reactor #2. The one that had an explosion below the reactor. Rods completely above water for more then 2 1/2 hours.
I’ve read all the tepco press releases and never saw anything about fuel rods completely uncovered for any length of time let alone 2.5 hours. So I wonder where the secondary souces got that information.
I heard that even uncovered spent fuel rods would melt down in 72 hours maximum if not cooled.
accurate or not?