On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:05 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm wondering how the water got out of the storage pool. The ones I'm > familiar with are massive reinforced concrete structures with walls many > feet thick set below ground level. These are said to be on a floor above the reactor, with no strong ceiling or lid. There's a small diagram at: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/16/world/asia/reactors-status.html Things might have turned out better if the spent fuel were in the basement, and the diesel generators were on the upper levels. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

