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03/15/11 05:47 AM
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> > That reactor DID NOT BLOW UP. The explosion WAS NOT nuclear in nature. It's caused
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> > hydrogen being vented, not an atomic explosion.
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> "Blew" is an appropriate verb for vented hydrogen that has exploded. I said nothing
> about a nuclear nature. The instantaneous relocation of half the building should also
> justify the same verb-age.
Well it's also incredibly unlikely/impossible for a nuclear power plant to blow-up like a nuclear bomb would. The fissionable material in a plant is nowhere near the concentration needed in a nuclear bomb, and the fact that the fissionable material is not compressed into a low volume/high fission ratio means that the type of reaction which takes place in a nuclear bomb is simply not possible in a nuclear reactor.
What appears to have happened there in Japan is what would have happened at Three Mile Island if things had gone even worse. Regardless, there is a lot of land in Japan which is fairly radioactive. 
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