They'll probably pump sea water and boric acid into this one too now, they are taking absolutely no chances. These facades getting popped off like this is because of the hydrogen building inside. They're venting steam to get pressure off the core, but they have to evacuate hydrogen gas with it. This hydrogen would normally be burned off safely since it's in such small quantities. But when you're in a high tension situation like this one, lots of hydrogen gets produced with nowhere to go.
It should take a hell of a lot more than that to really breech the reactor vessel and containment.
- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead
It should take a hell of a lot more than that to really breech the reactor vessel and containment.
- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead