The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #136314   Message #3126978
Posted By: gnu
02-Apr-11 - 12:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: Japan Nuclear plant disaster, 2011
Subject: RE: BS: Nuclear plant disaster looming
"... Unit 4 fuel pool is exposed to the air and contains little or no water."

Can the fuel in the empty pool melt down and breech the bottom of the pool? If so, there's a lot of stuff under the pool that can burn isn't there?