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Yet another reactor in Japan's Fukushima nuclear-power complexes has lost its cooling, bringing the total number of problematic reactors in northeastern Japan after Friday afternoon's megaquake to six. This information was provided in a one-line advisory by Japan's Kyodo News, which is closely montoring developments at …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    But Why?

    Why all these failures? Was it earthquake damage or do these reactors use sea water for cooling? And was the sea water just a bit silted up after the tsunami thus blocking the vents.

    Either way this isn't an issue with nuclear power as such but the people who designed the plant.

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    1. EducationOperation
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      Probable Reason For Cooling Failure

      I suspect the pumps and the cooling pipe system has been damaged by the extreme violence of the quake.

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  2. EducationOperation
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    Facts About Oil, Coal, Gas and Nuclear

    * People killed by Oil production: Thousands per decade. Just one example:

    https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Piper_Alpha

    * People killed by Oil Wars: Millions.

    Just one of the smaller effects:

    https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gulf_War

    There are also the Iran/Iraq and the UKUSA/Iraq war, just for example

    * Effects of Burning Coal: Heavy Metals, Dioxine and more nasty stuff - tens of thousands per year killed.

    https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Environmental_effects_of_coal

    * People killed by Nuclear: Hundreds in Chernobyl. None in Harrisburg. Japan expected to be like Harrisburg. Limited (as compared to Coal) deaths from Uranium mining (hundreds per year).

    https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Uranium_mining_debate

    The Western World praises itself for enlightened and rational reasoning. Which forms of Energy would YOU chose ? How many more Oil Wars would we have without nuclear energy ?

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