Nuclear Experts Explain Worst-Case Scenario at Fukushima Power Plant

By Steve Mirsky | March 12, 2011 | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

The type of accident occurring now in Japan derives from a loss of off-site AC power and then a subsequent failure of emergency power on-site. Engineers there are racing to restore AC power to prevent a core meltdown…

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fukushima-core&WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20110317

 

 

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