The next generation plants rob, had been on the drawing board since the 1990's. We can replace the ones on-line no problem. It's coming up with an economic and reliable disposable method that is the problem. Shooting it into the sun would be doable, but you need a cheap way of taking it out of the gravity well.
Well, the good news is that they managed to hook up external power to Fukashima-daichi #2 and got diesel power working on #6 and used the power generated to power the pumps on #5. Kinda hard to say if they have coolant pumps both working on both 5 or 6 or just 5. The next task is determining whether the pumps work on 1 thru 4. If all of them work, then the crisis becomes manageable. They can start trying to restore the backup generators because I doubt nothing short of scrapping the reactor and building a new one will bring back main power. Any reactor cooling system that is not working and can't be repaired due to high radiation ...I suspect they'll have to entomb that reactor. So keep yer fingers crossed!
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Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
Well, the good news is that they managed to hook up external power to Fukashima-daichi #2 and got diesel power working on #6 and used the power generated to power the pumps on #5. Kinda hard to say if they have coolant pumps both working on both 5 or 6 or just 5. The next task is determining whether the pumps work on 1 thru 4. If all of them work, then the crisis becomes manageable. They can start trying to restore the backup generators because I doubt nothing short of scrapping the reactor and building a new one will bring back main power. Any reactor cooling system that is not working and can't be repaired due to high radiation ...I suspect they'll have to entomb that reactor. So keep yer fingers crossed!
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell