Reply #51: If they can't get that fire out things are going to go downhill very fast.... [View All]

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I was very surprised yesterday when they managed to get it out right after they announced it and then we heard very little more about it...

The fire yesterday is what created the big jump in radiation and the worry about contamination spreading (the stay inside advice)

It's been burning for two hours now, there isn't anything flammable in there except the fuel and the hydrogen it produces when it's overheated.

They say they can't get close enough to see what's going on, if the fuel is burning it will make operations impossible in the plant, things go downhill very rapidly at that point.

If the spent fuel is on fire it's considerably worse than a core meltdown, it's completely uncontained once it's dry.