Reply #11: The fuel melted [View All]

There was enough chain reactions in the splitting of atoms to release enough heat to melt the fuel into a big puddle.

And of course, this is because the containment system was cracked open after the cooling system failed due to (ironically) flooding from the tsunami.

No cooling and no control over the fuel resulted in an overheat and meltdown. It's open to the air now, and all the radiation and heavy particles spewing from the ongoing reaction are vaporizing metals and irradiating the air. Turning carbon and nitrogen and oxygen into unstable isotopes. And those unstable isotopes will be in our lungs and our food and tissues when they decided to split, releasing a burst of radiation and a heavy particle into our cells.


Fun fun fun.