The amount of death and destruction is staggering. How terrible for all the suffering humanity in Japan.
I haven't followed the news reports in great detail, but I did hear an American scientist/nuclear engineer being interviewed on TV the other day. As concerns the nuclear reactor meltdowns, this commentator said what surprises him most is that nuclear plants have emergency backup generators that are designed to take over and keep the core cool in just this sort of scenario, but for some reason they failed to operate in the Japanese plants. The man was quite amazed at this significant malfunction, especially since the Japanese are typically so efficient in such matters.
Richard
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