2011-03-18, 05:32 PM
Kalovale Wrote:This is by far the worst analogy. The problem is not about the amount of water, it is about the radiation levels present at the site. Efforts to pump water are complicated by the inability to approach the site in the first place. And not ALL Japan has been doing is futile. Yes, the helicopter dropping was a bad idea and whoever came up with it should be ashamed, but we also had 11 firetrucks blasting 30 tonnes of seawater directly at the fuel ponds, we had a functional emergency cooling system, and one (or more? I've only read one) diesel generator that hopefully can keep those pineappleers submerged.
Either he was very ignorant to have made such a claim/comparison, or he was being quoted out of line.
Interestingly enough, the amount of water (to a point) has a direct effect on the radiation levels.
And aside from trying to spray water (which some sources say failed) and dumping water from helicopers, what other methods are they trying? And of course there would be no need for alternative methods if the standard emergency systems were sufficient.
...The bad news is that all methods I hear of seem to be insufficient.