They have a containment vessel, there isn’t going to be a violent radioactive event.
and..upside .. we now have a potential large coal customer to ship to while they build new nuke plants
“They have a containment vessel, there isn’t going to be a violent radioactive event.”
Exactly. There isn’t going to be any China Syndrome. There isn’t going to be any Chernobyl.
This is just liberal scaremongering: “Scientists fear replay of Three Mile Island!”
Oh, you mean that minor event back in the 70s where nobody died or was even injured? Not that!
There is not supposed to be a failure of the backup for maintaining cooling. There is not supposed to be a melt down either. Stuff happens. I said in a worst case scenario.
A TEPCO spokesman told AFP that “we believe the reactor is not melting down or cracking. We are trying to raise the water level.”
Naoto Sekumura, a professor at the University of Tokyo says a major radioactive disaster is unlikely.
“No Chernobyl is possible at a light water reactor,” he told Al Jazeera. “Loss of coolant means a temperature rise, but it also will stop the reaction. Even in the worst-case scenario, that would mean some radioactive leakage and equipment damage, but not an explosion. If venting is done carefully, there will be little leakage. Certainly not beyond the 3 km radius.” http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2011/03/11/updates-on-japan-and-the-tsunami/
NHK World TV has reported that the workers had not been able to investigate any possible damage done to the containment building since the friday earthquake and have yet to determine if would successfully contain.