tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post5118685096268129599..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: What Really Happened at Fukushima?, Part IIClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-16057474527408320092011-03-31T15:23:44.891-04:002011-03-31T15:23:44.891-04:00Interesting but it really does not explain the pro...Interesting but it really does not explain the process or really time line of the accident which was NOT caused by a tsunami but by a design error in the Mark 1 containment structure and the BWR 3 recirculation line system which failed in the earthquake and led to the beyond design basis Total Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA)which the Torus could not handle. It does not tell of the 1977 report by GE to the utilities and the NRC of how the Mark 1 containment torus would fail in a LOCA with or without an earthquake. This report was largely ignored by the utilities and the NRC.<br /><br />Former Inpector Atomic Energy Commission 1972-1977.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com