I've read very unsettling things about how unprepared Japanese nuclear power stations are for 'the big one'. (Alex Kerr's Dogs and Demons). It's all about dodgy safety certificates and corrupt official taking backhanders. Never believe anything until it's been officially denied... It's worrying.
@tomkun The attempted cover up of the accidents at Tokaimura and Monju, reveal the governing authorities default position on these matters.
>>940 "If that does not happen, if heat is not removed, there is a definite danger of a core melt ... fuel will overheat, become damaged and melt down."