BBC: Exodus from Japan nuclear plant

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An estimated 170,000 people have been evacuated from the area around a quake-damaged nuclear power station in north-east Japan that was hit by an explosion, the UN atomic watchdog says.

A building housing a reactor was destroyed in Saturday's blast at the Fukushima No.1 plant.

The authorities said the reactor itself was intact inside its steel container.

Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami is believed to have left more than 1,000 people dead. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12724953

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1. The reactor is intact inside its steel container? I heard a report

that a meltdown would produce temperatures of 5000º, steel melts about 1/2 that temperature. If steel melts about 1/2 that temperature how long will the reactor be intact inside of its steel container?

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2. And CNN just said a few moments ago that it's a concrete container...

:shrug: Who knows at this point?

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3. I am sure concrete has a melting point to and probably it

is less than 5000º.

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4. Silly Japanese. Don't they know that Nuclear Energy is "Clean, Safe, and Efficient"?

The same way that offshore drilling is.