Comment on The Panic Over FukushimaparentComments−mitchty14yHow could it have been like Chernobyl? The Fukushima reactors didn't have graphite moderators.Totally different reactor technologies, equivocating them is spurious at best.−tedunangst14yUsing a totally different reactor technology strikes me as an example of good engineering.−Daniel_Newby14yThe Chernobyl reactor also had no containment vessel, so the initial core failure blew a cloud of radioactive fire into the air. The Fukushima containment vessel kept most of the crap in one place until it could melt into a cohesive mass.
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How could it have been like Chernobyl? The Fukushima reactors didn't have graphite moderators.
Totally different reactor technologies, equivocating them is spurious at best.
Using a totally different reactor technology strikes me as an example of good engineering.
The Chernobyl reactor also had no containment vessel, so the initial core failure blew a cloud of radioactive fire into the air. The Fukushima containment vessel kept most of the crap in one place until it could melt into a cohesive mass.