So it sounds like possibly two of the reactors are in meltdown and the question is whether the meltdown will be contained in the containment facility or whether it will actually ‘melt through’ and cause some type of radioactive explosion.
Common Sense expects the meltdown to be contained in the containment facility. However, he says the entire core melted down at Three Mile Island, but wikipedia says that only part of the core melted down.
Further, the Three Mile Island reactor is different than the Japanese reactors. Supposedly, the Japanese reactors are 40 years old and it’s not clear how well they can withstand a meltdown.[/quote]
The motherjones article was a lot better (can’t believe I’m saying that).
If you read your TMI wiki link you’ll see multiple studies have had trouble showing even one death as a result of Three Mile Island – which I venture to say is not what most people think.
