After the massive destruction of the tsunami in Japan last Sunday, the wave of bad luck keeps covering Japan. They are fasing a huge dilemma concerning the nuclear plant of Fukushima Dai-Ichi.
An explosion at the power station destroyed a building housing the reactor, this created a radiation leak. The reactor's cooling system was damaged in the earthquake, but when water was poured on the superheated metal container of the fuel rods, it produced hydrogen which then interacted with the oxygen outside the reactor, causing an explosion. Luckily, the explosion seems not to have damaged the reactor, but only the building surrounding it.
We have a very important nuclear plant near our current location. The nuclear power plant at Palo, IA should really take on account all this problems that could happen from a possible meltdown. Having this type of plant requires lots of responsibilities with the community. The plant at Palo should take note of this unfortunate disaster and learn from these mistakes.
I totally agree that the community needs to take responsibility. The 2 plants near my hometown are already adding strict measures to their daily routines.
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