I had assumed that Japan's nuclear power plants were all fairly new.
But the plant which is melting down now - Fukushima I - is actually 6 years older than Chernobyl, having been commissioned in 1971.
The Fukushima I was built by GE, not the Japanese. (Toshiba and Hitachi built some of the other reactors at Fukushima, but not the one that is melting down).
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Really. Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and now this place all had the exact same problem!? I think it's time for a fix, you know? You can't depend on an electrical cooling system. Where's the emergency system that's based on gravity, just as the fuel rod absorption system is? Come on guys!
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