Friday, December 16, 2011

Cold shut-down?

Prime Minister Noda is expected to announce today that engineers have brought the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to a 'cold shut-down condition'.

Should we be relieved? No! It's playing with words. It's a lie. 'Cold shutdown' does not have much meaning for severely damaged reactors like those at Fukushima Daiichi.

See this article in the NYTimes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/world/asia/japan-set-to-declare-control-over-damaged-nuclear-reactors.html

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