My heart goes out to the Japanese people, heck of a thing to have to go through, and its far from over.
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Having a background in both sides of the nuke business, I've worked at a couple of the same model (early GE) reactor sites in the US (in Illinois).
Something didn't sound right when I first heard about the problems until the details about the backup cooling system being wiped out in the tsunami.
BIG whoops!
Other significant details, like spent fuel pools being empty of water, leaving piles of exposed fuel rods sitting in the open air are also causes of major concern, along with having all the water cooked out of the reactor.
The only part of the situation that really has me worried about being downwind (in CA) is the "alternate" fuel rod makeup having significant amounts of plutonium in it.
Now I'm sorta liking all the rain we've been having & I hope it keeps on raining for weeks to come, or at least until the situation over there gets back all the water they need or the nasty spots are buried under sand & concrete.