On 2011-03-16 19:57 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
So the helicopters that are currently (as I write this on Thursday morning Japan time) dumping water on the hot (burning at times) spent fuel rods would have to dump a lot in a short period of time to prevent it being boiled off instantly.
when water boils, it removes energy from the heat source, so there will be cooling even if the water doesn't stick around
Russia did not see fit to buy insurance for their reactors, in hindsight a poor vision of the possible problems.
that was the Soviet Union; most nations are essentially self-insured for catastrophes -- insurers would be insane to issue policies for losses potentially in the trillions of dollars
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