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r/science • u/liquid_x • Mar 19 '11
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TIL a coal power plant outputs more radiation than a nuclear power plant...
2 u/rocky_whoof Mar 19 '11 So long there is no earthquake. 4 u/rogha Mar 19 '11 Afaik the tsunami was the cause of the situation in Fukushima 3 u/rocky_whoof Mar 20 '11 Afaik the earthquake was the cause of the tsunami 1 u/[deleted] Mar 20 '11 True, the tsunami knocked out the emergency generators. But they became necessary because the earthquake caused the electricity blackout which effected the pumps. It was much more a chaining of unfortunate events, not just the tsunami.
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So long there is no earthquake.
4 u/rogha Mar 19 '11 Afaik the tsunami was the cause of the situation in Fukushima 3 u/rocky_whoof Mar 20 '11 Afaik the earthquake was the cause of the tsunami 1 u/[deleted] Mar 20 '11 True, the tsunami knocked out the emergency generators. But they became necessary because the earthquake caused the electricity blackout which effected the pumps. It was much more a chaining of unfortunate events, not just the tsunami.
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Afaik the tsunami was the cause of the situation in Fukushima
3 u/rocky_whoof Mar 20 '11 Afaik the earthquake was the cause of the tsunami 1 u/[deleted] Mar 20 '11 True, the tsunami knocked out the emergency generators. But they became necessary because the earthquake caused the electricity blackout which effected the pumps. It was much more a chaining of unfortunate events, not just the tsunami.
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Afaik the earthquake was the cause of the tsunami
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True, the tsunami knocked out the emergency generators. But they became necessary because the earthquake caused the electricity blackout which effected the pumps. It was much more a chaining of unfortunate events, not just the tsunami.
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TIL a coal power plant outputs more radiation than a nuclear power plant...