Actually I was surprised they didn't ship in a bunch of electric generators (since Japan is the home of Honda and Yamaha, two of the very best in portable generation) to power the water pumps.
Or one of those remote-control firefighting robots to drag a firehose into the fuel rod pool area to keep things covered in water.
I have to assume the people in charge thought of those things and decided against for some logistical reason.
I thought they should rig automated catapults to lob ice at the spent fuel pools. If solid ice could damage the fuel casings, crush it and repack it. Even if the missiles miss the pool, they would help by cooling the ambient air and slow evaporation from the pool.
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Actually I was surprised they didn't ship in a bunch of electric generators (since Japan is the home of Honda and Yamaha, two of the very best in portable generation) to power the water pumps.
Or one of those remote-control firefighting robots to drag a firehose into the fuel rod pool area to keep things covered in water.
I have to assume the people in charge thought of those things and decided against for some logistical reason.
I thought they should rig automated catapults to lob ice at the spent fuel pools. If solid ice could damage the fuel casings, crush it and repack it. Even if the missiles miss the pool, they would help by cooling the ambient air and slow evaporation from the pool.