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FBaggins

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2. Sorry, that's incorrect.

Reply to aandegoons (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 11:53 AM

Oct 2012

Yes, it was a hydrogen explosion (though a couple of the nuts claim that it was a nuclear explosion... and more than a few gullible souls here have fallen for that nonsense)... but the hydrogen was only a problem because the fuel had already been exposed (causing the temperature to rise and the fuel cladding to produce the hydrogen). If they could keep the fuel covered that couldn't happen...

...but they couldn't keep the fuel covered because the pressure had risen too high for them to be able to inject enough water. Open the safety relief valve and lower the pressure... and now you can pump in more water.

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